“The Brewer Laddie”
Description
"In Perth there lives a bonnie lad... And he courted Peggy Roy." "He courted her for seven long years... When there came a lad from Edinborough town." The girl goes off with the stranger, but ends up deserted; the brewer rejects her when she returns
Cross references
- cf. "Rosie Anderson" (plot)
- cf. "Peggy and the Soldier (The Lame Soldier)" [Laws P13] (plot)
References
- Ford-Vagabond, pp. 95-97, "The Brewer Laddie" (1 text)
- Ord, pp. 178-179, "The Brewer Lad" (1 text)
- DT, BREWRLAD*
- Roud #867
- BI, FVS095