There Was a Squire
DESCRIPTION: "It's I hae haughs and I hae bowers, I hae castle and I hae towers, And I swear my wedded wife ye'll be For I canna live and want ye"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: courting home wife
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan4 837, "There Was a Squire" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
Roud #6220
NOTES [11 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan4 fragment. - BS
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File: GrD4837
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