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The Brewer Laddie

from Scots Drinking Songs by Ewan MacColl

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A 'cornkister', this song has been popular in the North East for at least the last hundred years. The forsaken and jilted heroes and heroines of the bothy ballads do not die for love; instead they meet their misfortunes head on and, with a good deal of sound sense, start looking around for another sweetheart.

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from Scots Drinking Songs, released January 1, 1956

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