Come A' Ye Jolly Ploo'men Lads

DESCRIPTION: "O come a' ye jolly ploomen lads That works amang the grun'." The singer tells of his happy life and work. He attends a hiring fair, works six months in a bothy, and shocks the minister by singing out when he weds Mary-Anne
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1985 (recording, the Stewarts of Blair)
KEYWORDS: work food humorous marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
Roud #6855
RECORDINGS:
Belle, Sheila, and Cathie Stewart, "Come A' Ye Jolly Ploo'men Lads" (on SCStewartsBlair01)
File: RcCAYJPL

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