Annotation:Cow the Gowans
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COW THE GOWANS. Scottish, Air. Williamson's version is from W. Christie's Traditional Ballad Airs, collected in the Buchan (eastern Scotland) from the singing of a blind beggar named Jamie. Christie substituted a poor song for Jamie words, which unfortunately were deemed unsuitable for his collection. Anne Gilchrist links the song with old May songs:
Aye as the gowans grow gay,
The first morning in May.
