“The Echo Mocks the Corncrake”

Description

"The lass that I loved first of all was handsome, young, and fair." He recalls their happy life. He contrasts the complex, expensive demands of city life with the joys of rural citizenship. He waits for the corncrake to bring back the summer weather

Notes

Broadside Bodleian, 2806 c.11(39), "The Corncraik Amang the Whinny Knowes" ("Oh, the lass that I had first of a'"), The Poet's Box (Glasgow), 1868 could not be downloaded and verified. - BS

References

1. Ford-Vagabond, pp. 325-327, "The Corncraik Amang the Whinny Knowes" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. SHenry H18b, p. 272, "The Whinny Knowes" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Tunney-SongsThunder, p. 182, "The Corncrake Among the Whinny Knowes" (1 text)
4. DT, CORNCRK*
5. Roud #2736
6. BI, HHH018b