Poor Greeting Wilsie

DESCRIPTION: Dialog between "kind hearted Nancy" and "cowardly Willsie": She is going to the wood. He asks if he can follow; nothing's to stop you. What if I lay you down? I can rise again. Where'll I tie my horse? To my/your big toe. If he runs away? Devil take him.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1827 (Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1)
KEYWORDS: sex dialog
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber,Bord))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1 42, "Poor Greeting Wilsie" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan4 811A,811B, "I'm Gaun to the Wood" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
Roud #298
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Rolling in the Dew" (subject, some verses, and dialog format)
cf. "Cockabendy" (tune, per Greig/Duncan4)
cf. "I'm Gaun to the Wood (I)" (dialog format and characters)
cf. "I'm Goin' Away to Texas" (dialog format, characters and attitude)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
My Spouse Nancy
File: GrD4811A

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