I Saw my Ain Bonnie Lass
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
May 1962
Track ID
23301
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1962.13.A10
Original Tape ID
Summary
The young man goes to the wedding of his former sweetheart and tells her she is falsely beguiled. He toasts the bride as the bonny lass that should have been his but she is only his old shoes. He is asked how many blackberries grow in the sea and he replies as many ships sail in the forest. He says he will take a long sleep and they can cover him over with lilies.
Item Notes
6 verses. A version of 'The False Bride' in which, unusually for the North-East, the hero means to die of his broken heart.
Recording Location
County - Lanarkshire
Parish - Glasgow
Village/Place - Glasgow
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good