True Lover of Mine- McDonald (Ross) 1931 Carpenter
[Three stanzas (two corrupt) scribbled on a sheet of paper from Carpenter MSS Reel 4, Box 2, Packet II. Listed incorrectly as Roud 21093.
R. Matteson 2018]
"True Lover of Mine" sung by George McDonald, from The Hill, Evanton, near Inverness, Scotland, 1931.
Ye maun ploo me an acre of land
As every rose bids bonny in time
Between the salt water and the sea sand,
Before ye can be a true lover of min,
He maun sew for me a cameric shirt
And bleach it on the green,
Where grass never grew nor rain never fell
She maun ploo for me an acre of land
And turn it over with a peacock's feather