Constable of Dundee, The

DESCRIPTION: "Now fortune was false and betrayed a man, He was Constable of Dundee." His daughter loves a sailor, whom the Constable will not let her marry, especially after he is wrecked. But when the Constable loses his money, the sailor has money to save him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1876 (Christie)
KEYWORDS: sailor love rejection rescue money
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 1, "The Constable of Dundee" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #8261
NOTES [52 words]: Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee's notes connect this to Alexander Carron (Scrymgeour), Constable of Dundee in 1298, a follower of William Wallace. I don't see why, though. Possibly there is some folklore about the song; it is said to have come from an eighty-year-old woman, so it may be somewhat confused. - RBW
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