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The Pear Tree Well

Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection

The Pear Tree Well

"The Pear Tree Well", a song preserved in a scrapbook entitled Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850 which is held at the Mitchell Library.

This song is about a romantic encounter at the Pear Tree Well on the banks of the River Kelvin in Woodside.

Reference: GC 398.5 GLA

Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning

Keywords:
courting, folks songs, lyrics, Old Glasgow Street Songs etc, 1850, poetry, River Kelvin, romance, street songs, The Pear Tree Well, wells



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