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Maggie Lauder

DESCRIPTION: Maggie meets a piper, Rab the Ranter, and encourages him to strike up a tune while she dances. He does, and she praises his work; he says, "It's worth my while to play indeed When I hae sic a dancer." She encourages him to ask for her if he comes again
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1794 (Ritson)
KEYWORDS: music dancing
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
Roud #5625
SAME TUNE:
Cornwallis Burgoyned (broadside of 1781)
Notes: One can only suspect that more than piping and dancing lies behind this song. This, indeed, may explain its rarity in the older collections; it sounds like a hidden story of something extremely indelicate. - RBW
File: NSMagLau

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Not much at Folktrax.org:

MAGGIE LAUDER - "Wha wadna be in love wi bonny Maggie Lauder?" - ROUD#5625 -- Ewan McCOLL (vocal) rec by Alan Lomax, Hyde, Chesh 1951: 7"RTR-0705/ DAT talk bef descr as song from Fife