What a Beau My Granny Was

DESCRIPTION: "The ladies all can best approve The strict attention of my love, Though I decry their frippery." By comparison to them, "My granny had but her ain hair, Which in comely mode did wear." She was "a wonder o," without all the tricks today's women use
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1805 (The Caledonian Songster)
KEYWORDS: clothes beauty courting rejection | grandmother
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Jackson-EarlySongsOfUncleSam, pp. 69-70, "What a Beau My Granny Was" (1 excerpt)
ADDITIONAL: (no author listed), _The Caledonian Songster: A Selection of Choice Scottish Songs_, George Miller, Dumbar, 1805 (available on the Internet Archive), pp. 82-83, "What a Beau my Grannie was" (1 text)
Roud #32820
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.2492, "Oh, what a Beau my Granny was," J. Butler (Worcester), n.d.; also L.C.2870(3), "What a Beau my Granny was," M. Randall, Stirling, n.d.; L.C.2872(23), "What a Beau my Granny was," M. Randall, Stirling, n.d.;
NOTES [21 words]: Considering what this author thought about wigs and fancy clothes, one hates to think what he'd say about plastic surgery! - RBW
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