Green Woods o' Airlie, The

DESCRIPTION: "The bonniest lass in a' the countryside Has fa'en in love wi' the plooman laddie But little did she think her heart was betrayed At the fit o' the green woods o' Airlie." After some laments over him, he comes back to her and they are married
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Greig/Duncan4)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #66, p. 1, "The Green Woods o' Airlie" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan4 846, "The Green Woods o' Airlie" (4 texts, 1 tune)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, pp. 111-112, "The Green Woods o' Airlie" (1 text)
Roud #3324
ALTERNATE TITLES:
My Bonny Plooman Lad
File: Ord112

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