Cooper o' Dundee, The

DESCRIPTION: "Ye coopers and hoopers attend to my ditty, I sing o' a coope wha dwelt in Dundee." "This young man was baith am'rous and witty"; all the women ask him to repair their barrells. His business is large. He "sprung" a woman's "end-hoopin" and is banished
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: humorous wordplay sex exile punishment
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 29, "The Cooper o' Dundee" (1 text, tune referenced)
File: Gath029

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