Greenock and Its Early Social EnvironmentJ. M'Kelvie, 1907 - 85 pages |
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18th century Auld Lang Syne Bailies BELL ENTRY boat BROAD CLOSE Broomielaw built CARTSBURN MANSION HOUSE Cathcart Square Catholic Emancipation censured CLOSE AND OLD Clyde Council CROW MOUNT Dailing Burn DALRYMPLE STREET Early Social Environment East Parish EAST QUAY LANE ecclesiastical eighteenth century erected feuars fishing FIVE GABLES gathered Glasgow Gourock Greenock Hamilton Street HARBOURS AND MID Helensburgh HENRY BELL HIGHLAND MARY'S GRAVE industry Inverkip Street James Watt JAMES WATT'S BIRTHPLACE Jean Adam kirkyard Longwell Close Magistrates Mansionhouse Marine MEASE mentioned Mid Parish Church MINCE COLLOP CLOSE Minister mortcloths night occasion OLD JAIL OLD POLICE BUILDINGS OLD WEST BRIG Old West Kirk Passenger Steamboat penny persons rebuke RENFREWSHIRE riots Roman Catholic Church says School Shaw Street SHEWING shillings ships Sir John Shaw sugarhouse Tag-a-rag Tawtie TAYLOR'S CLOSE There's nae luck tion town's trade Vennel vessel West Burn West Harbour William Auld William Street
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Page 74 - The terms are, for the present, fixed at 4*. for the best cabin, and 3s. the second ; but beyond these rates, nothing is to be allowed to servants, or any other person employed about the vessel. " The subscriber continues his establishment at Helensburgh Baths the same as for years past, and a vessel will be in readiness to convey passengers in the ' Comet' from Greenock to Helensburgh. " Passengers by the ' Comet" will receive information of the hours of sailing, by applying at Mr.
Page 28 - Is this a time to think o' wark ? Ye jades, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread, When Colin's at the door ? Reach down my cloak, I'll to the quay, And see him come ashore. For there's nae luck about the house, There's nae luck at a' ; There's little pleasure in the house When our gudeman's awa'.
Page 50 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 29 - It's a' to please my ain gudeman, For he's been long awa. There's twa fat hens upo' the coop Been fed this month and mair; Mak haste and thraw their necks about, That Colin weel may fare; And spread the table neat and clean, Gar ilka thing look braw, For wha can tell how Colin fared When he was far awa?
Page 49 - TO MARY IN HEAVEN THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? That sacred hour can I forget, Can I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met...
Page 74 - Broomielaw on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, about midday, or at such hour thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide, and to leave Greenock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the morning to suit the tide. The elegance, comfort, safety, and speed of this Vessel require only to be proved to meet the approbation of the public ; and the Proprietor is determined to do everything in his power to merit public encouragement.
Page 29 - I'm blest aboon the lave : And will I see his face again, And will I hear him speak ? I'm downright dizzy wi' the thought, In troth I'm like to greet. For there's nae luck about the house, There's nae luck at a' ; There's little pleasure in the house When our gudoman's awa'.
Page 29 - It's a' to pleasure our gudeman, For he's baith leal and true. Rise, lass, and mak a clean fireside, Put on the muckle pot ; Gie little Kate her button gown And Jock his Sunday coat ; And mak their shoon as black as slaes, Their hose as white as snaw ; It's a' to please my ain gudeman, For he's been long awa.
Page 74 - Comet,' between Glasgow, Greenock, and Helensburgh, for passengers only. " THE Subscriber having, at much expense, fitted up a handsome vessel to ply upon the river Clyde, between Glasgow and Greenock, to sail by the power of wind, air, and steam, he intends that the vessel shall leave the Broomielaw on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, about mid-day, or at such hour thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide ; and to leave Greenock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in the morning,...
Page 29 - It's a' for love of my gudeman, For he's been lang awa'. O gie me down my bigonet, My bishop-satin gown, And rin and tell the baillie's wife, That Colin's come to town. My Sunday shoon they maun gae on, My hose o' pearl blue ; It's a' to please my ain gudeman, For he's baith leal and true.