Johnny Kiss Yer Auntie

DESCRIPTION: Aunt Bell doted on Jock Macfarlan -- only she could call him Johnny -- and comforted him when, as a boy, a gander stole his bannock and, later, when Biddy Cameron rejected his proposal. She wisely told him his proposal would be accepted eventually.
AUTHOR: George Bruce Thompson (source: Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast)
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: courting rejection humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #138, p. 2, "Johnny Kiss Yer Auntie" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan4 905, "Johnny Kiss Yer Auntie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #6257
File: GrD4905

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