Tolmie, John, 1859-1923
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1859 - 1923
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Notebook I, Songs, 1904 and undated
Item
Identifier: Acc.14-25/5
Scope and Contents
A notebook compiled by John Tolmie and marked "I Songs" on the cover; 33 folios. Containing mostly texts of songs in English or Scots, with humourous, often Scottish- or Irish-related themes. Most of these are copied by hand, but some are cut out from newspapers and pasted in. Undated, with the exception of the song on ff. 28v-29v, not in John Tolmie's hand, which is dated 1904. The song "The wedding of Shon Maclean" (ff.11-12) includes the melody in tonic sol-fa notation.
Dates:
1904 and undated
Filtered By
- Subject: Melodies. X