Johnie Miller of Glenlee

DESCRIPTION: The singer, Johnnie Miller, says his belly is his god. He can eat rams as if they were rabbits. His belly's so big he can't kiss girls and he is "unfit for the pleasure of Venous" When he dies they'll say he died a glutton and drunkard, which he is.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1828 (Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1)
KEYWORDS: greed drink food nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1 70, "Johnie Miller of Glenlee" (1 text)
Roud #3866
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Banks of the Dee" (tune, per Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1)
NOTES [35 words]: Lyle-Andrew-CrawfurdsCollectionVolume1, p. ix: Authorship ascribed to James Boswell and Isabel Pagan, or Robert Trotter. For a text attributed to Isabel Pagan (c.1741-1821) see "The Songs of Isabel Pagan" site. - BS
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