Mairins McCrie

DESCRIPTION: "Now Mairins being old, and scarcely fit to walk aboot She hired a little girlie to sell her liquor oot, To sell her liquor oot and to serve her with the tea And she sold it to the customers for Mairins McCrie"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: drink age
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1879, "Mairins McCrie" (1 fragment)
Roud #13572
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie" (tune, per Greig/Duncan8)
NOTES [19 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan8 fragment.
Greig/Duncan8: "The song is distinctly indelicate." - BS
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File: GrD81879

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