Wandering Shepherd Laddie, The

DESCRIPTION: Bring my crook and bring my plaid." The singer would go to her "wandering shepherd laddie." She'll go through mountain storms to "his black-face yowes on the heather hills" and rest with him "when the moon comes over the top o' the hill"
AUTHOR: John MacDonald (source: Yates, Musical Traditions site _Voice of the People suite_ "Notes - Volume 20" - 15.1.04)
EARLIEST DATE: 1974 (recording, John MacDonald)
KEYWORDS: nonballad lover sheep shepherd
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
Roud #5150
RECORDINGS:
John MacDonald, "The Wandering Shepherd Laddie" (on Voice20)
File: RcWaShLa

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