I Love Nae Apples, I Love Nae Plums

DESCRIPTION: "I love nae apples, I love nae plums, I love nae young men that carry guns; But I love the cherry drops from the tree, And I love my ain love where'er he be."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1911 (Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast)
KEYWORDS: love nonballad food
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #177, p. 3, ("I love nae apples, I love nae plums") (1 fragment)
Greig/Duncan8 1919, "I Love Nae Apples, I Love Nae Plums" (1 short text)
Roud #16135
NOTES [18 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan8 fragment.
Is this a reworked "Do You Love an Apple?" - BS
Last updated in version 2.6
File: GrD81919

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