Brush Ye Back My Curly Locks

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, brush ye back my curly locks, An' lace my midle sma', And nan'll ken by my rosy cheeks That my maidenheid's away. " When she returns to Dundee, the singer will look bonnie, and who will question whether she's a maiden?
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1954 (Jeannie Robertson)
KEYWORDS: seduction sex virginity bragging beauty hair shape-changing nonballad mistress whore
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice #57, pp. 219, "Brush Ye Back My Curly Locks" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7286
NOTES [30 words]: Porter and Gower note: "Her virginity gone, the protagonist looks forward to amorous encounters as she celebrates her sexuality" (219). Brushing hair is often a metaphor for sex. - DGE
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