“The Old Settoo”
Description
A rich farmer's daughter courts a beggar wearing an old settoo. Her father tries unsuccessfully to dissuade her. She joins the beggar begging. They get married. "The cold of winter she never knew, For every night I rolled her in my old set-too"
Notes
OLochlainn 26A: "Settoo = Surtout, Overcoat."
OLochlainn-More 26A shares lines with "A-Begging I Will Go": "Above all trades going sure begging is the best, When a man is tired he may sit down and rest," "When night comes on for lodgings we seek, They will put us in the barn us both to sleep" - BS
Cross references
- cf. "The White Cockade" (tune)
- cf. "A-Begging I Will Go" (theme and some lines)
References
- OLochlainn-More 26A, "The Old Settoo" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, OLcM026A