Clear Cauld Water, The

DESCRIPTION: "Farewell to whisky ... Now I wad leave ye a' for the clear cauld water." The singer bids farewell to ginshops, "a' drunken body," alewives, wine, porter, brandy, ruin, "filthy stews" and intemperance.
AUTHOR: Robert Gray Mason (source: Greig/Duncan3, correcting Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast's entry)
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: drink nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #175, p. 1, "The Clear Cauld Water" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan3 604, Greig/Duncan8 Addenda, "The Clear Cauld Water" (4 texts, 4 tunes)
Roud #6052
NOTES [31 words]: Greig/Duncan3: "George F Duncan states that the song was sung by Robert Mackie's grandfather, who died at great age, and must have sung it about the beginning of the nineteenth century." - BS
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