We're No Awa Tae Bide Awa

DESCRIPTION: "As I walked doon the Overgate, I met wi' Johnnie Scobie. I says, 'Man, wil ye hae a hauf?'" "For we're no' awa tae bide awa (x3), We'll aye come back an' see ye." THey share a half, and another, and another, get drunk, and go home together
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: home drink
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 80, "We're No Awa Tae Bide Awa" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #22217
File: Gath080

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