Woods of Rickarton, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all ye jolly ploughmen lads... The praises of your bonnie glen I would be fain to sing." The singer praises the woods of Rickarton, the streams, the men -- and especially the girls (while having harsh words for a wealthy but vicious woman)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1889 (Greig/Duncan3 417C)
KEYWORDS: farming work courting money rejection
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #95, p. 2, "The Woods of Rickarton" (1 text)
Greig/Duncan3 417, "The Woods of Rickarton" (2 texts, 4 tunes)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, p. 251, "The Woods of Rickarton" (1 text)
Roud #5574
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Riccarton
Whistlin' at the Ploo
NOTES [39 words]: Greig/Duncan3 has a map on p. xxxv, of "places mentioned in songs in volume 3" showing the song number as well as place name; Rickarton (417) is at coordinate (h9,v8) on that map [near Stonehaven, roughly 13 miles WSW of Aberdeen]. - BS
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File: Ord252

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