Foondry Lane

DESCRIPTION: ""There's a Juter and a Battener Sailing up the Tay, And a' the wives in Foondry Lane Are singing blithe the ay, There'll be pennies for the bairnies, A pint for Jock and Tam." The singer tells how they will celebrate
AUTHOR: Mary Brooksbank
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: ship money home
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 19, "Foondry Lane" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #21590
File: Gath019

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