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Formatsong text
TitleThe Braes o Gight
ContributorMiss Elsie Miln
Index NameMiln, Miss Elsie
PlaceThe Cottage, Kennethmont
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 04996- 04997

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - Child ballad
Alternative titleGeordie
First lineGight never used me as his wife

'Remembered the ending, with Gight making a jest at the expense of his lady'.
10 stanzas
Type NumberChild 209, Geordie

Contextual Notes

From Isaac Troup, Ythen Wells.


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