Bogie's Banks and Bogie's Braes

DESCRIPTION: "I hae a housie oh my ain ... On the bonnie banks oh the Bogie" The singer lives there with grannie at her wheel, a cow, hen and duck and "a laddie leel an true" He knows every step and stone "frae Craig tae Huntly" He will soon sleep in the churchyard.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: age home nonballad animal bird chickens family
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan3 547, "Bogie's Banks and Bogie's Braes" (1 text)
Roud #6023
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Corn Riggs" (tune, per Greig/Duncan3)
File: GrD3547

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