Moonlicht Waters
DESCRIPTION: Laddies will come by with "pistols, guns and rappers [rapiers]"; there's a maid who has drunk "moonlicht waters." Chorus: She wears stays "that disna need nae lacin'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan7)
KEYWORDS: clothes drink nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan7 1421, "Moonlicht Waters" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
Roud #7265
NOTES [11 words]: The current description is based on the Greig/Duncan7 fragment. - BS
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File: GrD71421
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