“Alan Maclean”

Alternate titles: “The Minister's Son”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1963 (collected from Charlotte Higgins)
Keywords: courting seduction sex travel ship father lover
Found in: Britain(Scotland)

Description

Singer goes to Aulton college; at a wedding, he and Sally Allen go off into the broom. Her father demands his expulsion; the Regent grants it. The singer joins the navy, and bids farewell to Aulton, vowing that if he ever returns he will marry Sally

References

  1. MacSeegTrav 82, "Alan Maclean" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #2511
  3. BI, McCST082
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