Tipperty's Jean

DESCRIPTION: "In a wee thacket hoosie, far doon i' the glen, There lived a young lassie, the plague o' the men." Tipperty Jean's beauty has ensnared many, but she rejects them all -- even the Laird as too old. She has enough money to live, and so marries Puir Johnnie
AUTHOR: Peter Buchan ?
EARLIEST DATE: 1873 (Buchan, Legends of the North)
KEYWORDS: love courting money rejection marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #173, pp. 1-2, "Tipperty's Jean" (1 text)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, p. 283-284, "Tipperty's Jean" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Peter Buchan, _Legends of the North: The Guidman Oʹ Inglismill and The Fairy Bride_, Edmonston and Douglas, 1873 (available on Google Books), pp. 41-43, "(no title)" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #5602
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Laird o Cockpen" (tune) and references there
NOTES [13 words]: Thanks to Alan Snyder for pointing out the Legends of the North reference. - RBW
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File: Ord283

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