Banks of Sweet Dundee
A farmer's daughter named Mary was in love with her uncle's ploughboy. She lived with her uncle, who sought to marry her to a wealthy squire. Mary's uncle sent six men to capture Willie, the ploughboy and leave him to die on the banks of sweet Dundee. When the squire came to take Mary...
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1989
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Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1865 |
Summary: | A farmer's daughter named Mary was in love with her uncle's ploughboy. She lived with her uncle, who sought to marry her to a wealthy squire. Mary's uncle sent six men to capture Willie, the ploughboy and leave him to die on the banks of sweet Dundee. When the squire came to take Mary, she shot him, and later her uncle. Her uncle leaves Mary his money. Lehr, 1985, 12; Mercer, "Undaunted Mary", 190; Laws M25 |
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