He's a Bonnie, Blue-Eyed Laddie
DESCRIPTION: "For I will dress you in tartans And ribbons sae braw, 'Cause your daddie he's a soldier In the bold Forty-Twa. He's a bonnie, blue-eyed laddie, He's the flooer o' them a', An' he jined yon gallant regiment Ca'd the bold Forty-Twa."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice)
KEYWORDS: soldier father children clothes
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice #12, p. 128, "He's a Bonnie, Blue-Eye Laddie" (1 short text, 1 tune)
File: RPG012
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