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Formatsong text
TitleThe Wind Blew the Bonnie Lassie's Plaidie Awa
Source Document Duncan MSS Bibliography
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 00192- 00193

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Genre song
First lineFlesher Rob that lived in Crieff

Handwritten note that version in Ford's Vagabond Songs is practically identical, and editor states that D. Kippin[?] of Crieff has it that 'Blind Rob', an Irishman who sang about 1820-40 composed it; sung to tune of 'The White Cockade'.
10 stanzas


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