Lomonds High, The

DESCRIPTION: Driving home his father's cows the singer meets a girl going to meet "friends" in Dumferline. His brother William is against the match but he proposes, she accepts, they marry and live happily "for he's been constant and she's been true"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (Greig/Duncan5)
KEYWORDS: love marriage farming
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #168, p. 1, "The Lomonds High" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan5 969, "The Lomonds High" (1 text)
Roud #6298
NOTES [25 words]: Greig: "The Lomonds are hills on the borders of Fife and Kinross, not to be confounded with Ben Lomond in the North-west corner of Stirlingshire." - BS
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File: GrD5969

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