“The Flowers of Fochabers”

Description

"It was on the bonnie banks o' Spey To muse I sat me down." The singer sees a beautiful girl, the flower of Fochabers. He asks her to take pity on him. She turns him down. He declares that, when he dies, it will be for Petty Clapperton

References

  1. Ord, p. 204, "The Flower of Fochabers" (1 text)
  2. Roud #5538
  3. BI, Ord204A

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1930 (Ord)
Keywords: beauty love rejection
Found in: Britain(Scotland)