Piper o' Dumbarton, The

DESCRIPTION: "Saw ye Rory Murphy, Rory Murphy, Rory Murphy, Saw ye Rory Murphy, Comin' through Dumbarton?" Rory, "a piper guid," plays for his living and travels Scotland, but at last falls "doun a brae" while drunk
AUTHOR: David Webster ?
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Ford)
KEYWORDS: music death drink
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ford-VagabondSongsAndBalladsOfScotland, pp. 138-141, "The Piper o' Dumbarton" (1 text)
Roud #13116
File: FVS138

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