Romantic

William Laidlaw

1780–1845


William Laidlaw (1780–1845) is one of the Scottish song-writers whose lives Charles Rogers sketched in The Modern Scottish Minstrel (six volumes, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1855–57).

This archive holds 3 songs printed under this poet's name in volume 2 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. Lucy's Flittin'
  2. Her Bonnie Black E'e
  3. Alake for the Lassie

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