Come Listen to Me, and Pray Give Attention

DESCRIPTION: The singer crossed the moor on the way home from the fair and saw an old woman sitting alone and milking her cow. She sang "the Marquis o' Doune" or some other song he doesn't remember.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: farming nonballad animal music
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1798, "Come Listen to Me, and Pray Give Attention" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #12999
File: GrD81798

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