Victorian

Mrs Jane C. Simpson

dates not given by Rogers


Mrs Jane C. Simpson (dates not given by Rogers) 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 5 of the anthology, in Rogers's spelling. Dates are those given in Rogers's memoir, which is the only source used here.

  1. Gentleness
  2. He Loved Her for Her Merry Eye
  3. Life and Death
  4. Good-night

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