Milkwhite Lammie, The

DESCRIPTION: Annie overhears Johnny comforting a lost lamb while complaining of Annie's scorn. Annie reveals herself and offers to marry Johnnie. They share "a moment's leisure," for which she would not exchange being Scotland's queen, and marry the following Sunday.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1797 (_Aberdeen Magazine_, as Greig/Duncan5 988D)
KEYWORDS: courting love marriage farming sheep
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #29, p. 1, "The Milk-White Lammie" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan5 988, "The Milkwhite Lammie" (6 texts, 1 tune)
Roud #5635
File: GrD5988

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