Katharine Ogie

DESCRIPTION: "As I walked out to view the plain, Upon a morning early" in May he meets a girl who "shined though it was foggy." Her name is Katharine Ogie. "I fear for me is not decreed... so fine a creature... Pity my case, ye Powers above! I die for Katharine Ogie."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1853 (Miller's New British Songster); many references to the tune appear to be from c. 1700
KEYWORDS: love beauty courting
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Simpson-TheBritishBroadsideBallad, pp. 54-55, "Bonny Katherine Ogie" (1 tune)
Roud #8406
File: SBBB054

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