I'll Lay Ye Doon, Love
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Original Track ID
SA1959.15.A3
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Summary
The man says that he will lay the girl down and take care of her because he is a solid [good] man.
Item Notes
This song derives from a New York music-hall song called 'Muldoon, the Solid Man', composed by Edward 'Ned' Harrigan of New York (1844-1911), and first performed by him in an Irish-themed sketch in 1874 in his native city. The song proved popular and eventually found its way to the music halls of Britain and Ireland, where it became the progenitor song for various folk adaptations entering into oral tradition. Jeannie Robertson learned several verses from her mother, and in turn provided the Scottish Folk Revival with the very popular seduction song often called 'I'll Lay Ye Doon Love', which later included extra verses by Glasgow singer, Enoch Kent.
See:
'Flying Cloud' (M. C. Dean, 1922) pp. 102-103
'The Scottish Folksinger' (N. Buchan & P. Hall, 1973) p. 67
'Jeannie Robertson' (J. Porter & H. Gower, 1995) pp. 187-188
'New York Irish History' 11 (D. Meade, 'The Life and Times of "Muldoon, the Solid Man"', 1997)
Language
Scots
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Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good