Spinner's Wedding, The

DESCRIPTION: "The gaffer's looking worried, the flett's a' in a steer, Jessie Brodie's getting mairit an' the morn she'll no be here." The spinners have bought her a gift. They wish her well; she will have "love an' loyalty" even though she won't have money
AUTHOR: Mary Brooksbank
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: marriage gift party
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 42, "The Spinner's Wedding" (1 text, 2 tunes)
Roud #12503
File: Gath042

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