Duncan M'Callipin (The Tranent Wedding)

DESCRIPTION: "It was at a wedding near Tranent, When scores an' scores on fun were bent... 'Shame tak' the hindmost,' quo' Duncan M'Callipin." A typical story of a wild wedding, the associated broose race, and the behavior of the various guests
AUTHOR: Peter Forbes?
EARLIEST DATE: 1904 (Ford)
KEYWORDS: wedding humorous talltale
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ford-VagabondSongsAndBalladsOfScotland, pp. 42-45, "Duncan M'Callipin" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5982
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Duncan MacKallikin" (subject and form)
File: FVS042

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