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Thread #134031 Message #3899461
Posted By: Joe_F
13-Jan-18 - 09:51 PM
Thread Name: does anyone know a wife-selling song?
Subject: RE: does anyone know a wife-selling song?
It's only in one verse, but "Johnnie Lad" has:
I bought a wife in Edinburgh for ae bawbee.
I got a farthing back again to buy tobacco wi',
And wi' you, etc.