Andro and His Cutty Gun

DESCRIPTION: "Blythe, blythe and merry was she, Blythe was she but and ben, Weel she lo'ed a Hawick gill." "She took me in, she set me down," but his cash was done "before that I had quench'd my drouth... Young Andro wi' his cutty gun" -- the blythest lad he's seen
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1724 (Tea-Table Miscellany)
KEYWORDS: bawdy drink sex money
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
MacColl-PersonalChoice, pp. 47-48, "Andro and his cutty gun" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, CUTTYGUN*
Roud #2868
SAME TUNE:
Blythe, Blythe and Merry Was She (File: RCBBMWS)
File: MPCAACG

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