Young Munro

DESCRIPTION: A girl sings about Charlie Munro of the Forty-Second Highlanders, whom she loves. She describes his clothes, his appearance ("everything so neat about him," "that handome fellow") If she had an Indian treasure she would give it to the 42nd for his sake.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Greig/Duncan7)
KEYWORDS: love clothes nonballad soldier
FOUND IN: Canada(Ont) Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig/Duncan7 1339, "Young Munro" (2 fragments, 1 tune)
Fowke-TraditionalSingersAndSongsFromOntario 29, "Young Munro" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #2316
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wha Saw the Forty-Second" (subject: 42nd Highlanders or Black Watch) and references there
NOTES [57 words]: Fowke-TraditionalSingersAndSongsFromOntario, p. 177: "This unusual song does not seem to have been reported before in anything like this form, although two Nova Scotia songs have the same melody and refrain."
Greig/Duncan7: "Mrs Gillespie, learnt from her father forty-five years ago; learnt by him about the thirties or forties. Noted 1905." - BS
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