But I Forgot to Cry

DESCRIPTION: "Johnie cam to our toun, to our toon, to our toun... The body wi' thet ye. And O as he kittled me... But I forgot to cry." "He gaed thro' the fields wi' me... And doun amang the rye. Then O as he kittled me... But I forgot to cry."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1827 (Kinloch)
KEYWORDS: courting seduction
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kinloch-TheBalladBook XXV, p. 79, (no title) (1 text)
ST KinBB25 (Full)
Roud #8155
File: KinBB25

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