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Issue Details: First known date: 1909... 1909 Whaup O' The Rede : A Ballad of the Border Raiders
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Notes

  • Dedication: To Walter Scott Of Harden Baron Polwarth By Permission Is Dedicated This Ballad of the Raiders
  • Author's note: 'The following is a simple and rugged song in simple words, dealing with the strenuous times of our forbears, and founded on a well-known incident of raiding warfare. It is written down from the fulness of a heart that loves every leaf and grass blade on the Borders, and it is written for those understanding people whose heritage is the memory and legend that wraps romance around the Marches....' The Author.
  • Whaup O' The Rede: Rede is 'A River in Northumberland running through a rich pastoral valley much favoured of the raiders on account of the fat stock always to be found therein'. Notes p.117.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Dalbeattie,
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      Scotland,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Thomas Fraser ,       1909 .
      Printed by Fraser, Asher and Co.
      Extent: 118p.
      Note/s:
      • The poem is arranged in seven parts with an introductory section.
      • Notes, pp.117-118. 'The following short notes have been added at the request of the publisher for the benefit of those readers who are as yet unacqainted with the district in which the scenes of the ballad are laid. For the many who know the Border, or who are familiar with its History and Literature, they are, of course, unnecessary.' p.117.
    • Dalbeattie,
      c
      Scotland,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Thomas Fraser ,       1909 .
      Extent: 128, [7] leaves of platesp.
      Edition info: Edition de Luxe. One of 500 copies "printed for sale in Great Britain and the colonies." (COPAC Full Record)
      Description: illus.
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