Romantic

William Nicholson

1782–1849


William Nicholson (1782–1849) 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 4 songs printed under this poet's name in volume 3 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. The Braes of Galloway
  2. The Hills of the Highlands
  3. The Banks of Tarf
  4. O! Will Ye Go to Yon Burn-side?

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