Romantic

Andrew Scott

1757–1839


Andrew Scott (1757–1839) 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 7 songs printed under this poet's name in volume 1 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. Rural Content, or the Muirland Farmer
  2. Symon and Janet
  3. Coquet Water
  4. The Young Maid's Wish for Peace
  5. The Fiddler's Widow
  6. Lament for the Death of an Irish Chief
  7. The Departure of Summer

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