He's Nae Very Bonnie

DESCRIPTION: "He's nae very bonnie, but he's awfu' guid, And that's the chap that a girl should wed; Beauty's like flowers, it soon doth fade, They bloom to-day, and to-morrow dead"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: courting marriage beauty nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1863, "He's Nae Very Bonnie" (1 short text)
Roud #13587
NOTES [10 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan8 text. - BS
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File: GrD81863

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