Willie Man, He Leads the Van

DESCRIPTION: Willie leads the vanguard, Florence follows, Sawney "goes on wi' speed, Wi' legs as lang's a swallow"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: army nonballad racing horse
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1772, "Willie Man, He Leads the Van" (1 text)
Roud #13019
NOTES [22 words]: Is this about soldiers (as Ben Schwartz seems to think) or about horseracing? I've used keywords for both to allow for ambiguity. - RBW
Last updated in version 2.5
File: GrD1772

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