Auld Robin Gray is the title of a Scots
The title comes from the name of its hero, a good old man who married a young girl whose lover is thought to be dead, but who turns up to claim her a month after.
The original tune was composed by the Rev. William Leeves.
External links
* Online at [http://www.bartleby.com/101/477.html Bartleby]
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