Re: Did Gringoes First Grow in Scotland?

["David & Gloria Bouschor" <haggis@skypoint.com>]

Hi Cousins,
        In all the reading I have done the song Green Grow the Rushes Oh,
is the genesis for the term Gringo.  My Mexican friends also agree to this
idea.  David-----Original Message-----
From: John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>
To: sinclair@mids.org <sinclair@mids.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: Did Gringoes First Grow in Scotland?


>I heard the gringo story as being about the U.S.-Mexican war of 1845.
>Whether the song is really the origin of the term gringo has never been
>established; neither proven nor disproven.
>
>Here's the song, from
> http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~jet/lyrics/rushes.html
>
>Green Grow the Rushes Oh
>
>by Robert Burns
>
>     There's no but care on every hand
>     In every hour that passes oh
>     That signifies the life of man
>     and twere not for the lassies oh
>
>     -Chorus-
>     Green grow the rushes oh
>     Green grow the rushes oh
>     The sweetest hours that e're I spent
>     Were spent among the lassies oh
>
>     The wordly race may riches chase
>     And riches still may fly them oh
>     And when at last they catch them fast
>     Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them oh
>
>     -Chorus-
>
>     Give me a quiet hour at e'en
>     My arms around my dearie oh
>     And warly cares and warly men
>     May a gae topsy-turvy oh
>
>     -Chorus-
>
>     For you so grave you sneer at this
>     You're no but senseless asses oh
>     The wisest man the world e'er saw
>     Dearly loved the lassies oh
>
>     -Chorus-
>
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