Following the 1877 pit explosion, Blantyre descended into a pit of grief and sorrow for many months after. The tragedy of the mining disaster which saw over 200 men and boys from the village lose their lives , touched almost every family. The following is a ballad, the music now lost, but words preserved from […]
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Bothwell’s Bonny Jane Part 4 of 4
And finally, the last part of Bothwell’s Bonny Jane Part 4 She screams ! — she sinks ! —” Row, boatman, row ! • * The bark is light !” the abbot cries ; ” Row, boatman, row to land !” — When lo ! Gigantic grew the boatman’s size ! With burning steel his […]
Bothwell’s Bonny Jane Part 1 of 4
Matthew Gregory Lewis was a dramatist and writer born in 1775. He only lived until the age of 43, but successfully managed to publish some very good ballads, poems and stories. Motivated by a visit to Blantyre’s banks of the Clyde in the late 1700’s, Matthew, although not a local man, retold a tale he […]