Ythanside

DESCRIPTION: "As I cam in by Ythanside, Where swiftly flows the rolling tide, A fair young maid passed by my side." They go to her home, and talk till very late. Man and girl kiss; he promises to return, at which time she will give him her hand. They marry
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Greig-FolkSongInBuchan-FolkSongOfTheNorthEast #16, pp. 1-2, "Ythanside"; "Folk-Song in Buchan," pp. 67-68, "Ythanside" (2 texts plus 2 fragments, 1 tune)
Greig/Duncan5 951, "Ythanside" (11 texts plus 3 fragments on p. 596, two of which are from Greig #16; 12 tunes)
Ord-BothySongsAndBallads, pp. 32-34, "Ythanside" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, BONYTHAN*
Roud #3783
RECORDINGS:
Daisy Chapman, "Ythanside" (on SCDChapman01)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Bonnie Ythanside
File: Ord032

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