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Thread #131049   Message #2953638
Posted By: Jim Carroll
28-Jul-10 - 02:30 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Why is a low apron desirable?
Subject: RE: Origins: Why is a low apron desirable?
The Scots version MacColl sang on The Long Harvest, which, I think, came from Peter Buchan, goes:

When her faither cam' hame frae hunting the deer
And his daughter before him cam',
Her belly it was big and her twa sides round,
And her fair colour was wan.

Jim Carroll