Night Last Ook Fan Growing Late, Ae

DESCRIPTION: A man rides to the gate with a letter from the ploughman singer's student son. He is proud "I've a scholar i' my kin" but thinks the letter may mock him, or maybe not. In the end it doesn't matter.
AUTHOR: William Lillie (source: Greig/Duncan3)
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: father youth
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan3 675, "Ae Night Last Ook Fan Growing Late" (1 text)
Roud #6099
File: GrD3675

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