Boyndlie's Braes

DESCRIPTION: "Boyndlie's banks and braes are steep And decked wi' flo'ers o mony a hue...." "There does dwell my bonnie Nell... And I cam' ower frae Aberdour To lat her taste my fruits sae rare." He is young and poor, but they expect to keep company in the future
AUTHOR: John Anderson of Upper Boyndlie (d.c.1870) (source: Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast)
EARLIEST DATE: 1908 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: love courting
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #21, pp. 1-2, "Boyndlie's Braes"; "Folk-Song in Buchan," pp. 36-37, "Boyndlie's Braes" (2 texts)
Greig/Duncan4 718, "Boyndlie's Braes" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, p. 88, "Boyndlie's Braes" (1 text)
Roud #5585
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Drumdelgie" (tune, per Ord-BothySongsAndBallads)
cf. "The Barnyards o' Delgaty" (tune, per Greig/Duncan4)
File: Ord088

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