Bonnie Lassie, Braw Lassie, Faur Are Ye Gaun?

DESCRIPTION: A man meets a maid "gaun to the greenwoods for to milk kye." He says he would lay with her if the grass weren't wet. She says the sun will soon dry it. "He laid her doon ...." She becomes pregnant.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan7)
KEYWORDS: sex pregnancy
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan7 1317, "Bonnie Lassie, Braw Lassie, Faur Are Ye Gaun?" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
Roud #7209
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Bonnie May
File: GrD71317

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