“Tipperty's Jean”

Description

"In a wee thacket hoosie, far doon i' the glen, There lived a young lassie, the plague o' the men." Tipperty Jean's beauty has ensnared many, but she rejects them all -- even the Laird as too old. She has enough money to live, and so marries Puir Johnnie

References

  1. Ord, p. 283-284, "Tipperty's Jean" (1 text)
  2. Roud #5602
  3. BI, Ord283

About

Author: Peter Buchan ?
Earliest date: 1930 (Ord); Buchan died 1881
Found in: Britain(Scotland)