Donal' Don

DESCRIPTION: "Wha hasna heard o' Donal' Don, Wi' all his tanterwallops on; I trow, he was a lazy drone, And smuggled Hieland whisky, O." Donal, abandoned long ago by his love, lives a poor and isolated life, without a change of shirt, but all appreciate his whiskey
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1904 (Ford)
KEYWORDS: drink loneliness humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ford-VagabondSongsAndBalladsOfScotland, pp. 180-181, "Donal' Don" (1 text)
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 52, "Donal Don" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13125
File: FVS180

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