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Author: Robert Anderson (1770-1833)

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A poor helpless wand'rer, the wide world before me [x]
J. Hook: Orphan Bess the beggar girl

Canst thou love me, Mary (Canst thou love me, Mary?) - J. Hook
Canst thou love me, Mary?
J. Hook: Canst thou love me, Mary

Kate of Dover - J. Hook [x]
Lucy Gray, of Allendale (Say, have you seen the blushing rose )
J. Hook: Lucy Gray, of Allandale

Lucy Gray, of Allandale (Say, have you seen the blushing rose ) - J. Hook
Muirland Willy - J. Hook [x]
On Tay's sweet banks the lintwhite sings sae cheerily
J. Hook: The press gang forc'd my love to go

Orphan Bess (A poor helpless wand'rer, the wide world before me) [x]
J. Hook: Orphan Bess the beggar girl

Orphan Bess the beggar girl (A poor helpless wand'rer, the wide world before me) - J. Hook [x]
Say, have you seen the blushing rose
J. Hook: Lucy Gray, of Allandale

The cottage boy - J. Hook [x]
The death of Crazy Jane ('Twas at the hour when night retreating) [x]
J. Hook: The death of Crazy Jane

The press gang forc'd my love to go (On Tay's sweet banks the lintwhite sings sae cheerily) - J. Hook
'Twas at the hour when night retreating [x]
J. Hook: The death of Crazy Jane