“The Maid Gaed to the Mill”

Description

"The maid's gaed to the mill by night, sae wanton... That she should hae her corn ground, mill and multure free." The miller's man obliges her. When she has a child "Her mother baid her cast it oot." "Her faither baid her keep it in," and she does.

Recordings

  • Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, "The Maid Gaed to the Mill" (on SCMacCollSeeger01)

References

  1. DT, MAIDMILL*
  2. Roud #2575
  3. BI, RcTMGTTM

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1961 (SCMacCollSeeger01)
Found in: Britain(Scotland)