Bonnie Lass Owre the Street

DESCRIPTION: The singer says: "bonnie lassie o'er the street" [is she a street-walker?], don't weep; I'm your baby's father. He asks what "sorra ails ye?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Greig/Duncan7)
KEYWORDS: sex nonballad baby questions
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan7 1400, "Bonnie Lass Owre the Street" (2 fragments, 1 tune)
Roud #7254
File: GrD71400

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