My Wedding Day (I)

DESCRIPTION: The singer is sitting at her spinning wheel, watching birds gather nesting material and thinking of "wool and linen I've stored away For Sunday morning's my wedding day." She thinks about her lover and the house, like a nest, where they will live.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1908 (Greig/Duncan5)
KEYWORDS: wedding nonballad home bird
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan5 1065, "My Wedding Day" (1 text)
Roud #6719
File: GrD1065

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