Bonnie Lass Come Owre the Burn

DESCRIPTION: "O bonnie lass, come owre the burn, I'm the lad'll dae your turn." He tells the bonnie lass, he's the one to help her out. He asks why she is crying; he tells her he is the father of her child, she should come to him
AUTHOR: Words: James Honeyman (?) (source: Porter-Gower-Robertson)
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Carpenter MSS)
KEYWORDS: nonballad courting rescue lover bastard father
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice #36, pp. 177-178, "Bonnie Lass Come Owre the Burn" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3359
NOTES [40 words]: Porter-Gower-Robertson note that this "probably derives from the words written by the Rev. James Honeyman of Kinnef, Kincardineshire, who died about 1779."
For my nickel, that is not enough for "author" but you can decide [for yourself]. - DGE
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