The Alehouse- Mrs. Duncan (Aber) 1907 Grieg K
[Fragment from The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection- Volume 8- page 262 by Patrick N. Shuldham-Shaw, Emily B. Lyle, published 2002. In this fragment the first stanza is 'Rashy Muir' and the second is 'Alehouse.' Collected by Ernest Coutts who was Grieg's son-in-law around 1907.
R. Matteson 2017]
K. The Alehouse- sung by Mrs. Duncan, New Deer, Aberdeenshire. Collected by Ernest Coutts given to Gavin Grieg, around 1907.
1. My love stands on yonder stair
Combin' down his yellow hair,
His curly locks an' I long to see
But I winner gin my love min's on me.
2. There is an alehouse in yonder town
My love gings in an' he sets him doon,
He taks a stranger on his knee,
Oh isna a' that a sair hert to me.