Dundee Weaver, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, I'm a Dundee weaver and I come frae bonne Dundee, I met a Glesca feller and he came courtin' me... And there the dirty wee rascal stole my thingumyjig awa'." She will tie up her corsets and wear fine clothes; no one will know her thingumyjig is gone
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: humorous sex clothes seduction
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 30, The Dundee Weaver" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #8108
NOTES [52 words]: Matt McGinn wrote a sort of parody/continuation of this, in which the Glasgow man receives a complaint from the weaver's husband about his activities. This is apparently popular enough to have been passed around in folk club tradition. If I read this correctly, the original is Roud #8108, the parody #7286. - RBW
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