Bogie's Braes

DESCRIPTION: "By Bogie's streams that rin sae deep, Fu' aft wi' glee I've herded sheep... Wi' my dear lad on Bogie's braes.... But waes my heart the days are gane... While my dear lad maun face his faes." She laments all that she will do alone in his absence
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (Ord-BothySongsAndBallads)
KEYWORDS: love separation parody
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, p. 114, "Bogie's Braes" (1 text)
Roud #5542
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Logan Water"
cf. "Logan Braes"
NOTES [32 words]: Ord-BothySongsAndBallads notes that this is "simply a parody on Logan Braes," and (given its rarity) it might almost be filed with that piece -- but "Logan Braes" isn't in the index yet. - RBW
File: Ord114

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