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Thread #58775 Message #2046924
Posted By: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
09-May-07 - 08:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Auntie Mary Had a Canary
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Auntie Mary Had A Canary
Nothing to do with Auntie Mary, but I haven't found this set of words in any of the Links related to this group of threads:
Her faither forbade, her minnie (mither) forbad, Forbidden she wadna be; She didna think the brew she browst Wad taste sae bitterlie.
The Lang Lad they ca Jumpin John Beguiled the bonnie lassie... (bis)
In one volume of the SMM, or among the songs attributed to Burns, this is set to The Cock of the North ("lass-IE" would have to be accented thus, with the stress on the second syllable, but you can get around this infelicity by simply substituting, "Beguiled the bonie wee lass")