“The Banks of Inverurie (Inverary)”
Description
"One day as I was walking... On the banks of Inverurie I spied a bonnie lass." He asks her to wed. She replies that she knows he is a rake. He says he has reformed, and calls his servants to demonstrate his honesty. He again appeals to her to marry.
Broadsides
- NLScotland, RB.m.168(021), "Banks of Inverary," Batchelar (London?), c. 1820; also APS.4.95.15(1), "The Banks of Inverury," unknown, c. 1840; RB.m.143(122), "The Banks of Inverurie," Poet's Box (Dundee), c. 1890
References
- Ford-Vagabond, pp. 258-259, "The Banks of Inverurie" (1 text)
- Ord, pp. 199-200, "The Banks of Inverurie" (1 text)
- DT, BNKINVER*
- Roud #1415
- BI, FVS258