Sir James the Rose

by Michael Bruce

For works with similar titles, see The Tragedy of Sir James the Rose.

Versions of Sir James the Rose include:

Chapbooks

• The Buchanshire tragedy, or Sir James the Ross (1800)
• The Buchanshire tragedy, or, Sir James the Ross (1800)
• The Buchanshire tragedy, or, Sir James the Ross (est. 1810s)
• Sir James the Ross: An Historical Scottish Ballad (1813-1820)
• The Old Scots Tragical Song of Sir James the Rose (1815-1820)
• The Tragedy of Sir James the Ross (1819)
• The Tragedy of Sir James the Rose (1820s)
• The Tragedy of Sir James the Rose (1820s)
• The Tragedy of Sir James the Rose (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Stirling
• The Old Scots Tragical Song of Sir James the Rose (1830s)
• The Old Scots Tragical Song, of Sir James the Rose (1835)
• The Old Scottish Tragical Ballad of Sir James the Rose (1840s)
• Sir James the Rose, an Old Scottish Tragic Song (1840s)
• Sir James the Rose, an Old Scottish Tragic Song (1850s)
• The Old Scottish Tragical Ballad of Sir James the Rose (1870-1885)
• Sir James the Rose, an Old Scottish Tragic Song (1891)

In larger collections

• "Sir James the Rose" in The Tragedy of Sir James the Rose, to which is added &c. (1815)
• "Sir James the Rose", in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1882)