I Saw My Own Bonnie Lass
Contributors
Date
August 1967
Track ID
51874
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1967.150.A14
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song is about a man whose former lover is now to be wed to another. He asks her to wait as she is falsely beguiled. He raises a toast to the couple, saying however that she is only his old shoes when she is with her new husband. Broken-hearted, he says he will lie down for a long sleep [i.e. death], this being the only way he can forget her.
Jeannie Robertson introduces the song by saying it has several names.
Item Notes
6 verses. Rejected lover song.
Recording Location
County - Perthshire
Parish - Blairgowrie
Village/Place - Blairgowrie
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good