“The Bonny Wee Window”
Description
Johnny comes to visit Nellie, whose window lacks a pane. The two talk until Nellie must go to bed, when Johnny sticks his head through the window for a kiss -- and finds himself stuck! Nellie's grandmother beats him till he pulls out frame and all
Same tune
- Imphm (by James Nicholson)
Cross references
- cf. "Crockery Ware" (plot)
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Harding B 26(314), "Kissing at the Window," Haly (Cork), 19C; also Firth b.27(282), 2806 b.11(278), Harding B 19(41), "Kissing at the Window"; Harding B 26(312), "Kissing Through the Window"
References
- Laws O18, "The Bonny Wee Window"
- Ford-Vagabond, pp. 20-23, "The Bonnie Wee Window" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Randolph 122, "The Bonny Wee Window" (1 text)
- Kennedy 123, "The Bonny Wee Window" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Ord, pp. 99-100, "The Bonnie Wee Window" (1 text)
- Creighton-SNewBrunswick 76, "The Neat Little Window" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT 479, WEEWINDO*
- Roud #989
- BI, LO18