Ye Wanton Young Women

DESCRIPTION: Young men "chase about at weman's heels." After twenty weeks the singer "grew pale and wan." After 40 weeks she "brought home a son" to be named after the father; "I'll gang nae mair a rovin among the merry maids." The baby dies. "I'll go again a rovin'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Greig/Duncan7)
KEYWORDS: sex childbirth death rake
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan7 1478, "Ye Wanton Young Women" (3 texts, 2 tunes)
Roud #7180
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "A-Rovin'" (theme, chorus lines)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
I'll Gang Nae Mair a Rovin
File: GrD71478

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