There Was an Aul' Wifie

DESCRIPTION: "There was an auld wife" and everybody said she would be hanged. She called for a peg where a nail should be and went to her "wee beddie." She danced herself dead in her own house.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan7)
KEYWORDS: nonballad death wife
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan7 1425, "There Was an Aul' Wifie" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Roud #7267
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Laird o' Cockpen" (tune, per Greig/Duncan7)
File: GrD71425

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