“Geordie Gill”

Description

"Of aw the lads I see or ken, There's yen I like abuin the rest; He's neycer in his warday duds Than others donn'd in aw their best." The singer recalls all the held she has had from Geordie. She admits that her heart is in his keeping

Supplemental text

Geordie Gill
  Partial text(s)

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From Stokoe/Reay, Songs and Ballads of Northern England, pp. 110-111.

Of aw the lads I see or ken,
  There's yen I like abuin the rest;
He's neycer in his warday duds
  Than others donn'd in aw their best.
A body's heart a body's awn,
  And they may gie't to whea they will;
Had I got ten where I hae nean,
  Id gie them aw to Geordie Gill.

(4 additional stanzas)

References

1. Stokoe/Reay, pp. 110-111, "Geordie Gill" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ST StoR110 (Partial)
3. Roud #1536
4. BI, StoR110