Songs mentioning lassies milking include:-- "The {Old] Yellow Haired Laddie" [at least two others with this name] Mentioned by Allan Ramsay B.1686 as an old song in his day. [1] The yellowed haired laddie sat doon on yon brae Cried milk the yowes lassie let nane o them gae And aye as she milket she merrily sang The yellow haired laddie shall be my gudeman. On another recent thread I mentioned that I had a number of floating songs which, as far as I can determine, do not appear in any of the printed collections--one of them being:-- "Lassie Leave yer Milkin Pail" [M] [1] O lassie lea yer milkin pail O lassie lea yer fee O lassie lea yer milkin pail An come awa wi me. [F] [2] [M] [3]----I have recently found this one verse in an 1820s. publication. [F] [4] [M] [5] [F] {6]
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