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I Saw My Own Bonnie Lass

Date August 1967
Track ID 51874
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1967.150.A14

Original Tape ID

SA1967.150

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

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R154 GD1198

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good