Boggie, The

DESCRIPTION: "Bonnie lassie, come my road and gangna through the Boggie O." The singer says her Boggie road down the river is scraggy and wet. His road is "up the waterside." He would have her go with him.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan4 877, "The Boggie" (4 texts, 3 tunes)
Roud #6134
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Owre Boggie
NOTES [11 words]: The Bogie is a tributary of the Deveron River in Aberdeenshire. - BS
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File: GrD4877

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