I've a Laddie in America

DESCRIPTION: "I've a laddie in America, I've a laddie in Dundee-i-ee-i-ee, I've a laddie in Australia, And he's coming back to marry me-i-ee-i-ee." He takes her to each, then leaves her "Wi' three bonnie bairnies on my knee-i-ee-i-ee." They need their father
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Buchan, 101 Scottish Songs, according to the Digital Tradition)
KEYWORDS: mother father separation abandonment
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
DT, LADAMER
Roud #18316
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Tavern in the Town" (tune) and references there
cf. "I Had a Bloke Down Hopping" (theme)
SAME TUNE:
I've a Sweetheart in America
File: DTladame

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