“Giein' the Nowte Their Fother”
Description
"As I rode in by yon bonnie waterside... there I spied a weel-faur'd maid, She was gien the nowte their fodder." He asks her to fancy him; she replies that she has no dowry. Next summer, he returns and asks again, and makes her a rich lady
References
- Ord, pp. 228-229, "Gien the Nowte Their Fodder" (1 text)
- Roud #3934
- BI, Ord228