Willie's Drowned in Gamerie

DESCRIPTION: Annie mourns Willie, drowned in a storm on the way to buy their marriage ring. Her aunt and mother tell her "some ither lad will marry me." Annie says, "My bridal robe's my winding sheet, The auld kirkyard my bed'll be," and dies.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Greig/Duncan6)
KEYWORDS: grief love ring death drowning storm mother clothes
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #87, p. 1, "Willie's Drowned in Gamerie" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan6 1228, "Willie's Drowned in Gamerie" (1 text)
Roud #6853
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Rare Willie Drowned in Yarrow, or, The Water o Gamrie [Child 215]" (story) and references there
cf. "Willie Drowned in Yarrow" (story)
File: GrD61228

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