Scottish & Other Versions 7I. I Love You, Jamie
The singer says she loves Jamie better than he loves her. She was foolish to fall in love with an Irish boy who "spoke braw Scotch, when he courted me." He said only death would part them and showed her "the hoose that we will dwell"
1911 (GreigDuncan6)
Greig #175, pp. 1-2, "The Foolish Young Girl"; Greig #177, p. 3, ("I love you Jamie, I love you well") (1 text plus 1 fragment)
GreigDuncan6 1168, "I Love You, Jamie" (2 texts)
Roud #60
NOTES: Both GreigDuncan6 texts are from Greig. The text of GreigDuncan6 1168A is three verses of Greig #175, omitting the verses that float from "Tavern in the Town." The text of GreigDuncan6 1168B from Greig #177 is a fragment of the first verse of "The Foolish Young Girl."
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Irish Boy- Mr. Thompson (Aber) 1908 Grieg
[My title, replacing "I Wish, I wish". A hybrid song From The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection- Volume 8- page 521 by Patrick N. Shuldham-Shaw, ‎Emily B. Lyle, published 2002. This has the chorus of Foolish Young Girl or, Irish Boy. The verses are "I Love You, Jamie."
See also "Young Foolish Girl" sung by Willie Mathieson, School of Scottish Studies recording, 1952.
R. Matteson 2017]
"Irish Boy" sung by Mr. Thompson, 1908 Grieg
1. I love you Jamie, I love you well,
I love you more than tongue can tell,
I love you better than you loved me,
My darling Jamie ye're dear tae me.
CHORUS: For a foolish young girl was I, I, I,
To fall in love for an Irish boy
An Irish boy O gin he be,
He spoke braw Scotch when he courted me.
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A version sung by Willie Mathieson of Ellon, Aberdeenshire as recorded by Hamish Henderson in 1952. It begins similarly to Irish Boy variant by Mr. Thompson and Mathieson includes stanzas from three different songs. This text proofed with MS provided by Cathlin Macaulay and Caroline Milligan of the School of Scottish Studies:
The Foolish Young Girl
1. I love you Jamie, I love you well,
I love you better than tongue can tell,
I love you better than you love me,
My darlin' Jamie, ye're dear to me.
2. What a foolish young girl was I, I, I,
To fall in love with an Irish boy
An Irish boy tho' gin he be
He spake braw Scotch when he courted me.
3. How oft my Jamie when in your arms
You said I filled your heart with charms,
And when you gained my youthful heart
You said death only would us part.
4. How oft on Logie's banks we've met
In Strichen Toon we've wandered late;
How oft my Jamie I've heard you tell
It's in this house that we will dwell.
This is a previously missing version of the ballad with "Foolish Young Girl" as the chorus. Since it is a hybrid it can be categorized as a member of Died For Love.