Drunken Tarlan' Crew, The

DESCRIPTION: "O the drunken Tarlan' crew First they drink and then they spew"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: drink
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan8 1889, "The Drunken Tarlan' Crew" (1 fragment)
Roud #13566
NOTES [110 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan8 fragment.
The Greig/Duncan8 note confuses me enough that I'll repeat most of it in hope it may help someone track down a more complete text or date what we have: .".. [Black Jock, apparently a tailor rather than the 1715 Jacobite, John Forbes, Baillie for the Earl of Mar [see. p. 417]] landed at Tarland and in some way the inhabitants took offence and gathered with threats round the inn. Black Jock took the double barrels from his gun went out and faced them and sang 'The Drunken Tarlan' Crew' till they danced with rage but feared to touch him." Tarland is about 30 miles west of Aberdeen, Scotland. - BS
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