Ye Needna Ban at Me, Guidman

DESCRIPTION: "Ye needna ban [curse] at me, guidman," she says, come in and rock the cradle and take your meal ("kail and brose" yourself) because, you know, I'm not able. I'll sell pots, pans and wooden ladles if you won't buy a side saddle for me.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: shrewishness children wife food
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #149, p. 2, ("Ye needna ban at me, guidman") (1 fragment)
Greig/Duncan8 1912, "Ye Needna Ban at Me, Guidman" (1 fragment)
Roud #13558
File: GrD81912

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