“We'd Better Bide a Wee”
Description
"The poor aul' folks at hame, ye min', are frail an' ailin' sair, An weel I ken they'd miss me, lad, if I came hame nae mair... I canna lea' the aul' folk, lad, we'd better bide a wee." The girl gives reasons why she must stay with her parents for now
Notes
According to the notes at the NLScotland site, this was quoted by Louisa May Alcott's 1886 novel _Jo's Boys_. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Castleroe Mill" (theme)
- cf. "Betsy of Dramoor" (theme)
Broadsides
- NLScotland, L.C.Fol.70(26b), "I Canna Leave the Auld Folk," Poet's Box (Dundee), c. 1890
References
- SHenry H598, pp. 61-62, "Better Bide a Wee" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #13365
- BI, HHH598