Volume: CBÉ 0190
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Locations
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- I
There was a rich farmer's daughter]lived near the town of Ross
She courted a highland soldier
His name was Johnny Hant
For six long months they courted
Her parents they knew not
He was her darling dressed up in his highland plaid.
II
Says the mother to her daughter
"I'll go distracted mad
If you marry that Highland soldier
dressed in his Highland plaid
To many a private soldier,
forever you're undone
You know your fortune is too great
so many a farmer's son."
III
Dear mother don't dispire my love,
and do not run him down
There's many a private soldier
was raised to high renown(continues on next page)