Goodbye Jenny

DESCRIPTION: "Sandy felt as swanky as the Duke of Killiecrankie" now that he is a soldier, "But Jenny by his side her sorrow could not hide." He tells her, "Goodbye Jenny, I must gang awa', Because my king is needin' laddies Big and braw." He'll scare the Germans
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2001 (Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: soldier love separation
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, pp. 11-12, "Goodbye Jenny" (1 text)
NOTES [53 words]: Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver gives no authorship information or date for this song but says it was sung by Hetty King. Her Wikipedia entry gives her dates as 1883-1972 and says that she performed as a male impersonator, often playing a soldier or sailor. Which seems as if it might be a good fit for this song. - RBW
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