O Saw Ye the Lass Wi' the Bonnie Blue Een

DESCRIPTION: Donald says, "O saw ye the lass wi' the bonnie blue een? Her smile is the sweetest that ever was seen." He describes her home in the valley. He will meet her "when night overshadows her cot in the glen"
AUTHOR: Richard Ryan (source: Whitelaw)
EARLIEST DATE: 1833 (Cartee); before 1835 (broadside, Bodleian Harding B 11(2757))
KEYWORDS: courting beauty nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig/Duncan8 1842, "Hey to the Lass Wi' the Bonny Blue Een" (1 text fragment, 1 tune)
Whitelaw-BookOfScottishSong, p. 74, "Oh, Saw Ye the Lass" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: C. Soule Cartee, The Souvenir Minstrel (Philadelphia, 1833 ("Digitized by Google")), p. 138, "Oh! Saw Ye the Lass"
Roud #13598
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(2757), "Oh Saw Ye the Lass Wi' the Bonny Blue E'en" ("Oh, saw ye the lass wi' the bonny blue e'en?," G. Walker (Durham), 1797-1834
LOCSinging, as110030, "O Saw Ye the Lass Wi' the Bonnie Blue Een," L. Deming (Boston), no date
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jock Robb" (tune, per Greig/Duncan8)
NOTES [16 words]: Greig/Duncan8 is a fragment; broadside Bodleian B 11(2757) is the basis for the description. - BS
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File: GrD81842

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