Highland Jane
DESCRIPTION: The singer overhears another cry, "I have lost my bonny bride, My bonny blooming hielan' Jane." He describes her beauty. She was taken away soon after marriage. He hopes that death will soon take him as well
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan6)
KEYWORDS: death separation marriage mourning
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South),Scotland(Aber)) Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig/Duncan6 1240, "My Blooming Highland Jane" (1 text)
Henry/Huntingdon/Herrmann-SamHenrysSongsOfThePeople H477, p. 140, "Hielan' Jane" (1 text, 1 tune)
Williams-Wiltshire-WSRO Mi 641, "My Blooming Highland Jane" (1 text)
Roud #2554
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth c.13(191), "Highland Jane" ("As [I] walked out one morning fair"), R. McIntosh (unknown), no date
File: HHH477
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