Free and Easy To Jog Along

DESCRIPTION: The singer rambles in Ireland and Scotland, always "free and easy to jog along." He meets a girl and takes her to an inn, where she asks if he would "pledge heart and hand." He says no because a married man is no longer "free and easy to jog along"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1971 (Hutchison)
KEYWORDS: courting rejection rambling drink
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Jimmy Hutchison, "Free and Easy," School of Scottish Studies Archive SA1971.030,Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches, https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/100505?l=en, accessed 7/15/2023
Roud #1084
RECORDINGS:
Roisin White, "Free and Easy To Jog Along" (on IRRWhite01)
File: RcFaEtJA

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