There Cam a Laddie Frae the North

DESCRIPTION: "There cam a laddie frae the north... And he's fa'en in love wi' a bonnie lass That lived in Dundee." He offers to take her north to his home in Strathspey. She refuses; he goes home -- then comes again, asks again, and she consents
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Greig/Duncan5)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage travel home
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #43, p. 2, "The Laddie Frae the North" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan5 975, "The Laddie Frae the North" (8 texts, 7 tunes)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, pp. 103-105, "There Cam' a Laddie Frae the North" (1 text)
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 4, "There Cam a Laddie Frae the North" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #3951
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Bonnie Lass o' Dundee
File: Ord103

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