Handsome Bill

DESCRIPTION: The singer tells Bill that she is too young to marry. Her sisters have not yet left school so she is still needed at home. She has already turned Ned, her cousin, down twice. And she will never marry a drinker: "join the temperance army and claim me"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: courting marriage rejection drink nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan4 903, "Handsome Bill" (1 text)
Roud #6234
File: GrD4903

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