Waters of Dee, The

DESCRIPTION: The bride waits at home for the bride-groom. She and her maiden look for him but "he'll never win owre the waters o' Dee." At dinner the bridegroom raps at the gate. The bride gets a horse and they elope "And so they were mairriet wi' candle-light"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1828 (Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume2)
KEYWORDS: elopement marriage home horse
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber,Bord))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig/Duncan3 617, "The Waters of Dee" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume2 139, "Black Waters o Dee" (1 text)
Roud #6057
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "One Night As I Lay On My Bed" (theme)
File: GrD3617

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