“Glasgow Peggy”

Description

A Highland man comes to Glasgow and falls in love with Peggy. Her parents declare themselves against his suit; they will guard her more than all their other property. But she chooses to go with him, and he reveals that he is a rich nobleman

Cross references

• cf. "Bonny Lizie Baillie" [Child 227] (theme)
• cf. "The Blaeberry Courtship" [Laws N19] (plot)

Recordings

• Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, "Glasgow Peggy" (on SCMacCollSeeger01) {cf. Bronson's #2, taken from a different recording and with a few lyric variations but mostly the same}

References

1. Child 228, "Glasgow Peggy" (7 texts, 1 tune)
2. Bronson 228, "Glasgow Peggy" (14 versions+1 in addenda)
3. Leach, pp. 588-589, "Glasgow Peggy" (1 text)
4. Montgomerie-ScottishNR 160, "(Oh Sandy is a Highland lad)" (1 short text)
5. DT 228, GLASGPEG*
6. Roud #95
7. BI, C228