Songs of Roving and Raking (1962)

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SONGS OF ROVING AND RAKING

A PTtEPATtRYNOIB
This :1s a singers collections as opposed to a collection for the folk-
lorists In most cases^ ire ha^e combined two or nore v^r^ions to get the moat
couplete te;;<:t and singable time we could. Stilly, a few notes are in order,,
partly to lend an air cf gpurioug respectability to the book,? and partly
because one of the editors is a pedant a,nd likes to annotate songs. Beyond
thsse notes it i.3 hard to comment on sourcesg because almost no research h%
been done on these songs,
Firsr. about the scope of th^ book; this is primarily a collection of
;R:a:y songs, It is customary r,t rids point to make some pious reference to
^ Ulg?ses_ and Lady ^.hg^^^(^ L2ZSI. ^^^^^ decisions, No such defense will
appear here, TlJ? soiigs are rot great literature,, s^nd if they can be defended^
it :iu3t be on other grounds^ Most of the songs here are funny. It is hard to
Ji iG -i. ribald song that is act humorous,, It is weli-iriown that humor—real
i-r^ghter—^nd suggestiveness do not cohabit ^ The; dirty song aims to get a
j-olly laughs not a lecherous snickers The last thing a nomographer %vants M.3
^,-jJie:ice to do is laugh; th^ l3.st tMng the singer of bawdy songa wants is
';o r:^ke his audience^.o^well^ restless.
In spite of the nature of their workg the editors claim title to at
least a modicum of norality^ and beg the reader to remember that he already
/yj.ors several of these songgg and has sung them with alcoholic gusto on more
th:^i one occasion* The reader ia not depraved; neither are we3 But we,/ like
^h$ reader^ know that occasionally we need to purge ourselves of our less
acceptable emotions in a balou-stairs songfest with "the boys." Sometimes
nothing else wills as Ton D^Urfey put it? "purge the melancholy."
Sons or these songs ars straight wish fulfillment. Some are incredibly
n^ty. ?,nd disgust e^en the relative^ shockproof editora^ who include them a$)
I^rrrible examples, ^;ith reluctant admiration for the nerve of the first man
to siig then publicly; with them goes the dismal thought that these bathroom-
-jrA! ditiric,^ ^le-o have r. cruiub. ho?^ever far decayed^ of the truth. But there
1? ;-l3o a goodly nunber of sprightlyp good-hunored^ tuneful^ and (we believe)
r^^ry ^ongs.. some cf them fit for the raoat maidenly ear 3
Some of the songs,^ nmong them soste of the best^, ne^er mention se^o Ity
'2.ra concerned inotead with drinks about which the singing folk have fewer
.'-really pessimistic thoughts., As the Irish song Ms itp '^liskey^ you^re the
divilg yehre leading mo astrayy..,ah^ whiskey^ ye^re me ds,rlin\ drunk or sobers
A few non-lecherous,r, ncn-d-runken'songs are included because their stoutly
^sculine spirit^ fine melody^ and poetica-lly respectable text mn±e them
fitting companJ,ons for their more ribald bretharen,,
If the songs in this booh are any indications human beings are a pretty
ilsillusioned group; but able to sta.nd up to their problems with a kind of
dignity best exemplified^ perhaps^ in this stanza from an Irish drinking song
in wMch the siager sees death coming for him.
1 fear that old tyrant approaching,
That cruel and remorseless old foe^
But I lift up me glass in his honor;
Take a driiA with old Rogin the Beau,

TAB IB OP CtNTBNTS
I., THE SBA €R;^B
The S^a, Crab

2
Chara^t^r of a. Mistress 4
The Pornieater
   4
A Wanton Trie!:
   3
Old Pumbler

5
Of Chloe and Celia
   6
Three Travelers
   '6
W^uld Yon Hav^ a. Young
Virgin?

?
The Jolly Tinker

7
Two Maidens Went Milking
   8
A Lusty Young Smith

8
There Was a Knight

9
The Butcher and the Tailor^
Wife
   9
The Miller

   10
III. SCOTS SONGS
John Anderson^ My jo ' 30
Who Will Mow Me Now
20
Duncan Maaieefie
   21
The Cuckoo's Nest
   22
The Keaeh in the C^eel 22
Tppie Mcrrie

23
I^e're A' Jolly Fu'
   24
The Bonnie Wee Lasaia
va^o Never Said No
23
The M^ckin' C Gecrdies
Byre

23
The Wind Blew the Bonnie
Lasaie's Plaidie Awa*
-26
Green Grow the Rashes
   22?
Tail Toddle

   27
The Cooper of Dundee
   28
Lassie Gathering Nuts
   2S
The Patriarch

28
Beware of the Ripples
   23
The Calten Weaver

29
We're Gaily Yet

30
Nine Ineh Will Please a Lady 30
IV. S(NGS CB'THR AUID SOD
The Limerick Rake
   39
Lillibullero

40
The Unfortunate Rake 41
The Sergeant

41
A Quick Way to be Rid of a
Wife

   41
TT^e.-Sot-a "Sister Lily
   42
The Chandler's Uife

42
V. BLG,'?3 BOYS, BLOW
The Handsome Cabin Boy 43
Cruising Round Yarmouth 48
Do Me Ama, Day
   49
Sally Raeket

30
Nhup Jamboree

.50
A Hundred Years

31
VI. SCUGS O? ROVING AND RAKING
The Gruan Watch Song
3?
The Jolly Tinker
   3?
Little Ball of Yarn
5 8
The Bastard Eing of
'England

33
Poor Lil

39
Tilp Poor Lil
   63
No Ralls at All
   60
Bella '
   61
Redwing

61
Sevan Old Ladies
   62 '
Tom Bolynn

6 3
Znleika

   63
My Goda How the Money Rolls in 64
Himotegqtae

64
The Big Bamboo

65
Next Thanksgiving

65
Do Your Balls Hang low
   63
Old Made Hand

66
The Bonny Brown HsuM
   6?
The Washerwoman

^?

VII. „. ,?(R THE BOYS IN TI-3E BACK ROOM
The little Pieee of Wang 76
The T^aveHn' Man'
   76
Threes ?tom:Lnent Bastards 7?
Cosher Bailey

78
Th€,- Hermit

78
The Virgin Sturgeon
   79
Parietalty

79
The Pioneers

80
Dead-Eye Digk

S 0
A Utile Song

80
The Parmer and the Mocking
Bird '
   SI
Sing a Song of Sixty-Nine 82
Anne Cooper. Hewitt
   8* 2
FIII. BLUBS
Custard Pie

88
Diggin' My Potatoes
   88
Ghe Dong Changed the Let:!:
On the Door

89
Sweet Thing

89
31acksna.ke Mean

90
Sissy Blues

90
1 ^m a Real Stem Winder
90
Third-Term Blues
   91
IX. PSALMS PCR THE PSACR1LR3IOUS
The Ballad of Jesus Christ 94
:: An Jesus' Little L^b 94
The Football Team in Heaven 94
Christianity Hits the Spot 9^
X. MARCIHNG StNes OP Om MIGHT? ARMIES
Tont:y Babe

9S
Roll Me Over

98
Roll Yor-r Leg €r/e.r
   59
Handle Bill, the Sailor 100
Hitler Has Only Got One Ba.ll 101
^"ats on the Rooftops 101
Mtiah Muah Mush Touraliady 101
Way Up In Pennsylvania
102
I Don^t Want to Join the
Army

102
Bell Bottom Trousers
   103
D§ Yout Ballg Hang Lo%v . 103
XI,, SCNG3 TI-F.T OUGHT NOT TO BE SIRS
The Big Micel

111
Th-r Rlrg Dang Doo
   111
r^ln-b€**

112
x?.:fooxalum

113
'^.i E^ll of B^.llyncor
   114
llic VJi:u:ipeg 1-Llore
   1H
: T:eille ps^DaL:ghter
   113
We Go to College
   116
Lehigh Valley

116
Three W-herea of Winnipeg 117
Last Night I stayed at Home 117
The Si^ty-Nine Comes Down
the Track

117
The Chisholta Tradl
   118
Shove it Heme

113
XII, LULU
Lulu

   123

I THE SBA CRAB
''The Sea Crabp^.scmetiiaes kn<%%n as ^he Cta.bfishe^ has #he
distinction of being the oldest known bawdy song whieh is still
sung,? It is Itnown not only in the English-speaking worlds but
throughout Rnrope md even into Asia^
It unquestionably began life as a folktale rather than as'a.
sc^?,go As suahp it has been collected in staeh plaees ^s Finland^
3csMa,p Italy^ P^s.iM?e^ and e^sn Indonesia. It pfoba.bly started life
as a European ereationa The earliest mention of it is in the aeeotmt
of a traveler in Russia ea ?.280. Hoa? it oould get to Indonesia hasn^t
been established^ one theory is that it casaa by way of India p though
no Indian versions have ^s yet beea ^ncov^edp
The folk-song version is Relatively yotmgs at least as far as is
^moanis The first mention of it is in the Perey Folio MSg? 1$S3-1530^
so we kaow only tMt it has been in existence f (^ at least fotsr and
a. quarter centuries^ '?he story Ms g?<^m leagezr and mote e^^litatedo
The folktale would end by havii^g a passing traveler help the eot^le
out of their strange predioatieat^ The song 3 on the othe^ haad^ Ms
added new eomplio^tions^ and shows signs of -getting completely ont
of hands just like ^ColtgabOo"
'The Se^ C^ab'* has been collected in Ane^ioa fairly often^ b53t
there seem^ to be no single widesptea.d wtsle^ al^^st eve^ry singer
knows a etmpletely different tnne and ehorns* This pattioi^l^r version
v^s learned in Chi.o and shows evidence of Mving spent a good part
of its xmsical life in Ireland.
The bibliography on page 124 contains a 3?eferenoe to a mote
complete dismassion of this sessgc*

He yode and he rode till he Game to a brooks
There he spied a fisherman with a line and hook.
Pishernian^ oh fishe^man^ %ill you tell this to me^
H&ve you got a erabfish y^ti can give to ma?
Oh ye$y oh yes I^*ya one 3 t%fo^ three^
Ti?,e biggest one 1^11 gi^-a to thee^
When he got home he couldn't find a diahg
So he threw it in the pot where the old lady pissed^
Well3 his wife got up and she straddled the pot3
The dirty little erabfish grabbed her by the twat.
Oh huahandp ehp husband,? as sure as I am bom,
The devil's in the piss-pot and giving me the horn^
Then she gave a howl and a groan and a grunt,
And dan-ead around the room with the grabfisb on her eunt^
Old man jumped up^ buttoned en his clotheso
Up jumped the erabfish and grabbed him by the nose.
Old womanp old womang ain^t this a pretty pass
To find my nose so close to your ass?
Old mans old man, well that's no grime,
For it ^3 been there ten thousand timeg.
Old wemanp old woman.p can^t you blow a littla fatt
To blow my ncse and your ass apart?
Welly she headed and she ho^d and she come a little bit;
And she filled the old man'a fa^e full of shit.
'Tis the end of my song and the moral it is this^
Always put your spe^s on before ye take a piss.

ELIZBHBTIHN SCNGS
During the time of EliEebethg England w.:^a freeing itself from the rigid
bonds of feudalism,, The Renaissance was reaching its full flowet of
t^turity^ with it cants an intense curiosity abotst man and the universe ,>
Sex was no^onger something to abhor9 but something natural in the life of
n;m,. This resulted in the healthy lack of self-repression and the candor
*-;bl€h is evident in these gongs* They are not the kind of songs to snicker
-^i behind the cowghtedg Shakespearep Marlowe^ a,nd Jonson had many passages in
;heir plays which were just as libidinous as anything printed here<>
The scngs are no le^s ribald than the songs of other periodsg however ^.
"^hey are less coarse <, The Scots take great delight in the story and its
humorous settings the Americans enjoy coarse words and startling impossibilities-,
but with the Bli^ebethans^ the^ joy is clearly in the telling. The stories
^re simple % uncomplicated by many double reverses and twists of the ploto
Instead^ e^iphasis is placed on extended siataphorSp puns^ and double enten-
dre ^

. ' -
Tl^e ^tusty Young Smith^ is an example of an extended pun in which the
worlk and tools of the blacksmith trade are used to describe a seduction in
complete* detail* In *% Musical Tricky gausical instruments rather than
blacRsmith^s tools are used for the same endo In ^Character of a Mistress^'
the singer metaphorically describes his love at great length only to
discover that he can describe her more fully in only two words*
Other songs^ such a^ "Of Chloe and Celia^ have cone of these traits.
They are not humorousg but are more nearly laments—laments that our htman
shortcomings' keep -us from enjoying sex perfectlyo
All but three of the songs in this section come from Pills to Purge
Melancholia edited by TiPjmas D'Urfey and published in 1719. 'The Butcher

^nll'the Tailor^s Wife^ is from the singing of Paul Clayton^ while the tune
1$ an extra melody to the "Handsome Cabin Boy^ which was lying around^ and
".^,s added here when the editor took a personal, dislike to the colorless
3:elody which Clayton sango Both ^C^racter of a Mistress** and 'The Fornicator"
were obtained from the singing of Bd McCurdy. All except ;The Butcher and
the Tailor"'s Wife may be heard on the "Dalliance^ series of records on
the Electra labels-sung most excellently by AlcCurdyo

CXWtACHIBR OP A MISTRESS

^y- xd-stresg ia ^ ^h^ttlecoeR
Ccmp<^ed of cork and feather
^^.ih Mttledore sit^ en her deek
And t^?^ her on the leather.
gut easi: her off which way you will^
gha teeoils to another stilly
P^ la la la. la la la ^
Ta la la la la la. la^
My distress is ^ tenn^.s ball
Ccinponed of eotton fine^
She\^ often struei: agai.nst the wall
And bonded underline^
But if you would her wish fulfill
Yau^c pop her in the hagp^rd stilly
My ^i stteas is a ^irginoie
And Httle coat wMl string her^
31*e^.s- often .teamed against the i^ll
?o.r everyone to finger^ *
But if you would your inistress pieces
Yen'd run di'^iaioa on her keya^
My m3.styegg is a etfxmy fine
And of the finest skin.
And if you aare to open hat
The beat part lies %-^thin^
Yet in her eunny burrow may
Two ttmislers and ^ ferret play^
My mistresa is a tinder bag
Would I had sueh a <^ie^
Her steel endureth ^^.ny a "knoc^
Beth by the flint and gtene^
And if you stir the tinder 'xmeh
Tlie t!^athe will fire at the tenths
But why should I my ^stress eall
A shnttleeotk or bauble^
A virginole or tennig ball
WMoh thinga are variableo
But to eosgend 1^11 say no more^
My miatrea^ is an arrant %*#hore^
Ti-s pmincATm
Yon jwial boys who &no%f the joya%
TL^ bHesfnl joya of lexers.
.^Ynd &.re avo^wttth d^untleas brow
!fh^te^/er the Ma^ d!.seo^ers^
I pray dra;w near and you shall hear^
And t-rel^otte in a frater—
I'^e lately been unqt^rantined^

^ pr^.^en forr^icator^
-c.jcre tlie congregation wide
I Ptreed the anster fairly^
'-'y bandgome Setsy by my side^

^ ^ut e-ur ditty rarelye
?*'/ c^n.-jneast eye by ^hs.nce did spy
'*'-3-t iAaga iiiy iiouth to %i^.ter,,

^-o^-e limbs 30 clean where I be^een
B-^eanc ^ fornicator^
With woeful face and gigbg of graee
I paid the bnttoek higher^
That night was dark and through the park
1 eot;id not but convey her<,
A parting M*es-^what .eo.uld'1 less?
My %?ows ^gan to scatter^
S^^eet 'Betsy fell—fol lol det rol—
I am a'fornicatorT
But by the sun and moon 1 swear <?
And I'll fulfill^ I'll earol it,
That while I own a single esrewn
She^a weleotaa to B sl^re o^t^
My roguish boy^ his mother ^a joy
'And dar:ting of. his pater—*
I for his aa!xe the name tdLll take,-
A hardened fornicators
A ?m?TQI TRICK
If anyone long for a a^gieal song
Although hia heating be thick^
TM ^otmd that it bear a will ravish hia ears—

^Tis bnt ^ wanton triok^
A pleasant yonog maid on kn instrument played
Tixa,t knew neither note nor priok.,
She Imd a good will to live by her, sMll—
^Tis but a wanton tricks

A mHT(H TRI(X (cont)
A youth in that ajttg well seen in Ms pa^tp
They called liim Darb^^sMre Dick^
Cajme to her a suiter and would be her tutor**—
^Tis but a wanton trick*
He pleased her so well that backward she fell
And swooned as though she were gickp
So aweet waa hi^ note that up %-yent her coat**-

^Tia but a wanton tricky
The string of big viol she put to the trials
^Till &he had the full length of the stiek,
Her whiter-bellied lute she set to his flute^-
^Tis but a wanton trick.
Thns ghe with her lute and he with his flute
Held every erochet and prick»
She learned at her leisure yet paid for her pleasure^-
3?ig bnt a wanton tricky
IRa iriol gtting bursty her tutor she et^raed;
Howeverg, ahe played with the sticky
Proa October to June she %yaa quite ont of tune^-
^Tia but a wanton tricky
And then ahe repeated that e^er she consented
To have either note or trickg
Per learning ao well made her belly to swell—
^Tis but a wanton tricky
All maida that make trial of a lute or a ^ol^
Take lieed how yon handle the stick §
If yon 3JL?ae not this order9 come^,try ggy recorder^-^

^Tis but a wanton tricky
OLD BUM31ER
Smug^ rich and fantastic^ Old Fumbler %i?as kno^-m
That:-wedded a juicy a brisk girl of the tOKHRo
Her face like an angel^ fair pitss^p ^^ a, ^s.id^
Her Inte well in tmie too^ could he bnt ha%^e played<,
Bnt lost was his skilly let him do what he can^
She finds him in bed a mere silly old nan^
He eoughg in her ear^ '-^Tis in vain to cone on^
For give me my dear^ I^m a silly old man^
She laid hig dry Mnd on he$* snowy white breast
And from those fair hilla gave a glisple of the best.
Bnt^ a^ what is youth when .our lafe*lg bnt a spans
She found him an infant instead of a saan<>
^Ahg pardon^" he griedp '?hat I Aweary ao soon^
ton Iia^e let down my bass^ 1% no l&ngesr in ttme^
Lay do%vn that dear instrument g prithee lie atill^
I can play bnt t^ne lesson and that I play ili^^

OP CHUB AND (SUA
Nothing than Chloe e^er I knew
By nature more befriended;
Celiacs less heautifulp ^tis true^
Dut by more hearts attended,/
No nyisph alive with so much art%
Receives her shepherd^s firing^
Hor does such cordial drops ijspart
To love when just expiring^
IJhy thusg ye gods^ %vho cause our smartg
Do you lo*ve^s gifts dissever?
C^r why those happy talents part
Whieh could be joia-d forever?
for once perform an act of grace^
Implored %vith such devotion^
And give my Celia Chloe ^s faee^
Or Chloe^ Celiacs motion^
TTREE TRAVEDRRS
There %^era three travelers/ travelers three ^
(Hey down^ ho down^ lac^: a down derry)
And they %wuld go travel the north countree
Without e^er a penny of money<J
At lengthy by good fortune 9 they came to an im^
And they were as merry as e^er they had been.
Without ever a penny of money <,
A jolly young widow did smiling appear
Who. gai?e them a banquet of delicate cheer
Without ever a penny of money^
They drank to their hostess a merry full bowl3
- She pledged them in love.; like a generous soul;)
.Without ever a penny of moneys
The hostess § her inaid and cousin^ all threeg
They kissed and made sherry ^ as merry could be^
Without e^er a penny of money0
When they had been merry good part of the day
They called their hostess to know what to pay
Without ewr a penny of money„
The handsomest man of the three^ up he got<,
He laid her on her back and he paid her the.shot.
Without ever a penny of money.
The middlemost asan to her cousin he went %
She bein% handsome 9 he gave her^ontent
Without e^er a penny of momy.

TIBJBB IRAWUIRS (eont)
The last man of all.^ he took up with the msddj,
And thus the whale shots it was lovingly paid^
Without eirer a penny of money s.
The hostessg the cousin and servant^ %^e fin^^
Made curtsies and thanked them for being so kiad^
Without eifer a penny of money^
Thet^ taking their leaves^ they went merrily out^
They^re gone for to travel the nation about
Without war a penny of money^
WOULD YOU HAT7B A YOUHG V3RG3I
Would you ha,ve a young virgin of fifteen years^
You must tickle her fancy %d-th sweets and dears^
Ever toying and playing and sweetly3 m^eetly^
Sing a, love sonnet and char^^ her fears.
Wittily^ prettily^ talk her dounp
dmse her and praise Mr if fair or bro^m^
Soothe her and smooth her and tease her and please her
And toueh but he^ smicket and all^s your own^
De y^u fancy a widw^ well known in a man^
With a front of assurance eosae boldly on^
Let i^r rest not an hour bt$t briskly % brisklyp
Put her in mind how tiiae steals on^
Rattle and prattle although she groans
Rouaa her and tou^e her from'mom till noon^
Sho%v her some hour you^re able to grapple^
Then get but her writing*^ and all^s your o?wn<?
Dt? yon fancy a lass of a hi^mour free
That^s kept by a fnobler of quality.
Yon must ra.il at her keeper and tell her 9 tell her3
Pleasured best charm is variety*
Swear her more fairer than aU the to%*m
Try her and ply her when cully^s gone 9
Dog her and jog her and meet her and treat her
And kiss with two guineas and all*s your own.
THE JOLLY T1HKER
fY comely dame of Islington had got a leaky copperg ,

^-e hole that let the liquor run was ^mating of a stopper^

^ Jolly tinker undertook and promised her moat fairly

^'l^h a thuapa thump9 thi^p and a knick knack g knock)
-^ do her business rarely.

^Ie turned the vessel to the ground^ said he% ^ good old copper^
^t it well may leak for I haw found a hole in it that^s a whopper^
^t ne^er dot^bt a tinker^ stroke^ although he*s black and surly^
C%th a thu^^g tht^p^ thus^ and a. knick g knacky knock)
^'11 do your, business rarely^

THE JOLMT TINKER (eont)
TMs man of mettle opened vjide his budget's mouth to please her 3
Says he 3 'TMs tool I^e oft einployed about sueh jobs as these are 5"
With that the jolly tinker took a stroke or two most Mildly a
(With a thump thump thump and a knick^ knacks knogkp)
lie did her business finely <,
As soon As he had done the feat he eriedp '^Tis ^ery hot-o
TMs thrifty labour rrakes tne S3,^eat^ give me a cooling pot"-o.^
Says she^ "Desto%^ the other stroke before you take yot^r farewell^
(With a thump tht^^sp thump and a knickg Ibi^ek knock^)
And you may drii& a barrels"
TWO MAIDENS tEHT MIIXING
Tv#p maidens went taiBd.ng one days

^?o iBRidaY^a went mining one day^
The %vind^ it did blow* &%hg
The windg it did blow lt^;^
And it tossed their pailg to and fro 3
It teased their pails to and f ro<, '
They met with a man they did knw<,
They .^ t with a man they did know.^
And they said$ "If you*ve the will^^
And they saida "1^ you^ve th^ skill"
Yon might eathe us a axaall bird or two^
You might eathe us a siaail bird or t^?o^

^Here^s a health to the blackbird
in the bush 9
Here-3 g a health to the merry % merry doe,,
If you^11 cosie along with me
Under yonder spreading tree
I will tathe you a small bird or two-3^(*2)
So they went and they sat *3aath a
And the birds flew round about^
Pretty birds flew in and out 9
And lie gaught them by one and by two3 (2)
My boys§ let us drink down tile sun^
My boys^ let ua drink down the moon^
Take your lady to the wook
If you really think you should—
You may oatoh her a small bird or two 3
You ma.y eathe her a small bird or two<>
A LUSTY YOOUg SIHTH
A lusty young s^iith at his ^iee stood a^filing^
I^s h^sner laid by but his forge still aglow?,
When to him a hugem young damsel oama smiling
And asked if to work at her forge he would g^<
With a jingle % bang jingle $ bang jingle^ bang jingle,,
With a jingle0 bang jingle^ bang jingle^ hi ho!
'T willa" said the $^ith^ and, they went off together
Along to the young daiasel's forge they did gOg
They stripped to go to it3 *twas hot work and hot weather^
She kindled a fire and she soon sxade him blow.
Her husband^ she saidp no good work could afford her;
His strength and his tools were worn out long ago.
The ^aith saidg "Nell mine are in very good order §
And now I am ready my skill for to showa"

TIE UJSTY YCtNG SMITH (cent)
Red hot grew big irc-n^ as both did desire
And he %yas too wise not to strike while ^twas so^
Quoth ahe^ ^'J!iat I get^ I get out of the fire a
Then prithee^ strike hard and redouble the blows"
Six timers did his iron^ by vigorous heatings
Grow aoft in the forge in a minute or so^
And often was hardened,? atill beating and beatings
But each time it softened it hardened more glow^
The amith then would go^ quoth the daiae^ full of somro;^^
^€%9 wt^at %^ould I give^ eould my husband do so!
Good ladg with your hamper come Mther tomorrow
Dutg pra.y^ ean^t you use it once nore^ ere you go?^
TIERB ms A KNI6IIT
There %^aa a knight and he wag young
A-riding along the way% sir^
And there he met a lady fair
Anong the cocks of hay^ sira
Down§ de.tr y do^rn
Quoth he^ "Shall you and 1^ lady
^jao^g the grass lay dowis o^
,^d I will ta^c a speeial eare
Of rumplin* of your gown^ 0'*

^If you go along with me
Unto my father^ hall^ sir^
Yon shall enjoy my maidenhead
Aad my estate and all^ air.
He mounted her on a milk-white steeds
Himself upon another
^d then they rid upon the road
Like lister and like brother,,
And when she eaiae to her fathers house
All Elated round aboti ^ sirg
She stepped straight within the gate
And shut this young knight out ^ sir s
'^Here is a purse of gold^^ she said^
Take it for your pains i, sir
And I will send my father^s man
To go home with you again^ sir^
And if you meet a lady fair
As you go through the town,,, sir^
.You must not fear the dewy grass
Or the tumplin* of her go-m^, sir?

^And if you meet a lady gay^
Aa you go by the hill^ air,;
If. you will not when you siay
You shall not %&en you will% sir.'-'
TIB BDTCIBR AIID THE TAIURS mm
There waa a poor old tailor and in London he did dwells
lie had a handaome wife and her name was Mary Dell§
She went off to the market^ a bit of meat to buy^

^*Jhat is your willg dear madams p^ the butcher did reply.
**That joint of seat is what 1 tjishg but I knoRr.it ia too dear^
If you can find somegctaps for aoup it ^11 I^ve to do I fear<>'?
^1^11 gi^e to you that joint of meat^ you need not think to buj^
But you must agree this night with me you^11 lAe<>."

THE BUTCHER AND TIB TAILORS ^RB (cont)
Tlie joint of meat was quick cut down^ refuge it she did notg
Straightway she fetched it home and put it in the pot;
And when the tailor lie came home she told him what she had,;
The tailor leaped for joy and then his heart was very glado

^ut husband^ oh^ hus^bsuid^ 1*11 tell you how it must be 9
This very night the butcher he has to lie with me§
So take your broadawrd in your hand and hide beneath the bed
AM the firat man t!iat entetSp stab him till he^s deado"
"1 ne^er handled s^^ord or ^uHp ay dear m^d losing %irife^
And butchera they a^e bloody d^gs^ l^m afraid he ^'11 iiave my life^^^

^Oh^ don^t you be faint^hea.rtedp have courage stout and boid^.
And you^ 11 ha,ve an honest wife and we^ll keep the butcher^s gold.^
N^^w the Mtchet thinking it was time to see the tailor ^s vnfe^
And fearing they should form a plot or trick to take Ms life^
He got a .brace of pistols loaded up with powder a.nd ballg,
"The fi^rat man that molests me now 3 by heaven,, 1^11 make him fall.^
Mien the buteher he made in^ she took him by the bands
She led him to the bed and saidp '"New sir^ I'm at your ec^smand/'
He pulled out the pistols and laid the*m on the bed^
The poor old tailor squeaked with fear and lay as if quite dead'..
But the butcher taking off his clothes to make bis joys complete9
He brushedagainst the broadaword^s point and ripped Ms trouser sea,t^
"la this your hug^and under bere^ by Godp 1^11 end his Mfe<,^
^'Ohs sp^re ne^ sir^" the tailor cried^ *'And you nay have my wife*''
'Tou^ve done ne hana^' the butter €ried^ ^your life on one condition^'
, ^Chg same it sir^^ the tailor begged^ 'T)on^t send ne to perdition^
The butcher took his trou^erg off and then to sa^e Ms life 3
The bailor sewed his trousers while the butcher had Ms wife.
TIB JOLLY MILUR
The old %^ife she sent to the miller her daughter
To grind her grist quickly an<f so return back^
The miller so worked it that in eight months after
Her belly was filled as well as het saek.
The miller so pleased her that when she cane h€^ne^
She gaped like a stuck pig and stared like a mome\
She hoydenadt) ahe scas^ereds she hollowed and whooped^
And ail the day long^ tMs^ tMs was her song*

^Was ever a maiden so lerlcempooped?"

TI-E JOLLY MILLER (cent)
''Oh Nellie^** ery'd Gelie^ ^hy clothes are so mealy^
Both backside and belly are ruapled all o^ei\
You mope nm^ and slabber^ why what the pox ails you?
1^11 go to the ndller and know you the more? **
She went and the miller did grinding supply a
She came gutting capers a foot and half high3
She waddiedp she straddled^ and hollowed and whooped^
And all the day lengp this3 this was her song,,

^-Vas aver a piaiden go lericoinpooped?^
Then Hary^ tdLld Mary^ the third of the masher
Would fain &now the cause they so jigged it aboutg
The miller he^r %^ighes long would not encumber
But in the old manner the secret found outa
Thus Celie and Nellie and Mary the mild
Were all about harvest time heavy with childs
They daneed in the hay and they !^3.1owed and whooped.,
And all the day long3 this 9 this was theie song9
. ^Jere ever three maidens so lericoiapooped?'*
And when they %vere big they did stare at each other
And crying§ "New^ sisters3 what shall we do?"
Pot all our young bantlings they have but one father
And they in laonth time all will come to town to#<,
Oh9 why did we run in such haste to the mill
To RobiK.9 who always the toll dish would fill?
He bncsped up our belliesy then hollowed and whooped^'*
And all the day longs thiSg this was their song3
^'Jere ever three maidens so lericespooped?"

scars scNGs
''As in Italy^ lo^e is the gre?.t thette of Scots.
folk seny, but unlike Italy, it is tee act of
.love rather than the emotion 'which is celebrated</''
E^an MecCcll
"t^ r.::hy rei^ of hir:::.e' th-! ims theu so r^uch of jeots folkseee - . j
* _ - * .he bene of t]e ^e^i.oir f^t eroyer "efi^j.eis^s *. he colie^eJ hn ,
^ ^ ^; forced ei!:he^ to hzirdhri^^ jher^ heyond recogeiticr: c^ t^ ire^e^t,
* " , esL t ^IchLese se*ys. ""eee""e^r a i**^f tolj?e!:oes hee*r ^:erey^^ *e

^ hh e-^le,ss te ^ ;r'*. *e r^ tie hf::e-:jrs: per^i'^ erd Le ihe^ "^ ee-
: *e *^*^ of *^r.:r ei \he .cj he*v::i"*ur :.e "S*!h ^s h" ree t '"*
.. .e h.j etfor^ of ^CM^; 3^ res. jte ,[ye^h Gee^:ti^h eee^r ;he
. .h *he se^ys ih ttis c^^ieeeirr^ Cee:ae c^? .ee.ed "c"i.,e:;e -, ^ t
:h; ;- use scn^ of jhe^i r.€: c. he.sls dc^ rib yc::ee, 'd'-"- /^l^^ ,
^'*:en C-ren^ dr*o ^re h^:^^ art rjhees re-re oei*i:eh he:: ^ ^:
^ . , he ealtec;e: tti t: ^d.:e, ed ehe.e Jnr. -r^ls.vi;^ (f.r^ -^
^ : -V^ ( e^ied he ^ry rt.se ^ of heled^n; q ^::d le e n ee e* ^3 * i_ . ^
r:e"e e..r ;reey c '^::ie t:'ess %;ith !es iri:f Jrj ce^e/^:
I . . C:i hd Jd (r^!) fr-riy, ehe re\crr^tioei, ther: -;e: e -e:.e:e.'. -rr
.:h-tr^heh\c s e^ie^it -*a tie d^ritish dst^s^ e."d net ere ^*e^ i:
- - ^ -— i^ ?^c!;i-& Icr.- rr'eee :he hh? ^-/dyee: ^^-: t^- e: -r^
- ^ "3sri.tty of 5c:t\.^: ^rltct .:- UooI:"o?*?I^ 'twere: * M -^ p ^-t
^ ,^1, it r^iears jirL ? i.r.: i^sserdtri^ rrir.!:3r i.: E:i::t"^3:*:
^ 1'cr.l^c t^i':^ in j.e ^^c ^"t^-^:c: ?;r,s to::ri ^r*_it".t rm -\*xt"
-* '.it t-lco*:? T xr:uic^ , ^
.': ;,s ccrr^x": prr.c^ice iter *;c c^r^p^re ^ridiculct.s n:id ^tjccr.e n.r;i*i^;r-\;t.
r-^ ':i ;ic tur.f;S o" the t^\x:itc j. SL?r-:G o? the erhrln seei'ice, hruh eh
' eh\:Ye ece'jr/ *e^s eet ':^ t::ee.tif::l ;eel':eiee. reid *-Joh:, A'eiheje*^ ;-
J^rie.rh.iy ee.e e,i tteso^ "h^uy riv;^ h;c *^":r;ee3 ci t'eii eo^y

^eenan
/ctei. heee'i^e:: iey jc, ^e*e i"e es ze ^-- -t--
:/:c er s-.ti pet :t sh:iys heid ^eecl bri:e:e i:. e -ye;
!"eet h^h:n iei c eye^ e*ed the hayyis f*h a ert;
eeh*e A::dersce. er/ jc, er- ii.e., nrd ze'^ ye; thae^
man
And how dee 3e Cummer? and how luee se t!e'ree^e:e^
And how mony bairns he.e se? .7Jo^, Cun^er^ I he.e seven,.
Man,, Are they to sour eeein ghde nan? Wcei<, Na, (heneeer,, he.
!Pcr five .of team e;a:ee gotten;;, qtman he- vees reee,

^ - 3reJ h::s Lhe^ ey ':he eeier, heie::s "r-ee * ". e^j '*h^ er, e ^ ^ .1 " r , .
**^iel '^e.j ^he \3r^e\ote r':^""*;^; ^f 'ht^e^ t*.....ct " ^'**^ "f ^'; * :'":
" e:;ec r:iere::ci te the eh:t h'ving of the cieiyiy, h; j]ij Lh'i '*
- ^ t-ed ^chee: Drrrsj it hed e^rr^ed e^ee:yh eo -i*^e ^-.- *^ j-r-^ — -* -
*' '^^erii.il eceT,. he lecve i''* fo* the rceder jo (^rr^e idet:^ r:ee^
r*? acetic ee:d heautifnt- h^er^'hile^ ttig is the vee^ion "d'ieh
^h—ted

.^ r^^^ic f,^n;rf ^"i ^*J:J^'js. :.i" ti,-^ cr^ s rr s^ *i^r.r^ c^^b bcl"*
*^ t, : ^ry S^ots scn^y ^?^i (fLirm."

^G yiD'J ((Or I. ,\ ^3^ 1'lin r<*r^ is q^fJ3 rc^ii^sc^.it o^ -:
" 1!^ T*3 (^1.1^^ (f2^ I"!, \. Jell *c^ i\ fr^ i ^^*.e 3 ^\:r,^f :ii i "- "
- ^* ; ^*$ of t^c J3s1; of jlr^ ^liriit cr.csJ^
- J * ^t'":3l^ Jci::e rrcr/r.:!:;^ 'rhf.^h ri^l:^ h^^-p^
. ^c t^\- TCO's -\cn ^ *c y j::.r. i^ rr*^-, *.. l:d iH^ "^ -.
'"-^> !--<s- i^r- -.-.,^i*^^. 2?^. .*,*^^T .,.*t.fi ^,,*-;^^-! ^t*- ^-^,^i - ^
- -- ^*--'-^.*-^-Y'^ cung

j.!eep--.tu:rni"3
. . : * r.-r- :l.ec^i.....btooHi ?^?.s *vo^n cut ?4idden dvke --Y.'^ll ^re-^nc c r^*r.^ ^.,e?r*!

^'*.\-:: a^eltl€--pootir.a^'s pony. Eunices byl^c—bec^ nest

-y.' j ^ :iir W.^tcc -\1;^ ^i.i^i y, Jrs :iJ"C' .& '- o'dYJ^ — ^
\i"^y^ ," *r"i*""" ^ ^^ J^r^ "3.^3J^R^^.lt^ y*
y ^ sory ds c^rr^iy '* , ^^;irrc rricj !:'\n c^, i;i^Ijj a^d to .1*
. : ^ ^ ;i^.j3 cf :hat rcr:^^^* Jo*"ay^r lis s^rg jid s^iL? r.^i re^i 5 ^ .
:. '? ^r.i 'j^^^ /he ctdcr fo % ^:1^ version f^ closer io ^:r2 -^1.- J

^i -:--y-- (?^- ?^^ y^ , ^ ^- ^^ j ^ c"Lv*^d
r r-rr^rJJ" i^' 11 ^ cy:^\c^^ *:^t ^* j sic j ^ ^-*^^:
.:^ ,^ rv^^/ i 3 1 *:; tic; ^ :,i Y j^ *.c Tr. X - *
^;:r^^
, ,%11 ly ' y^.j is .. y**c i..E ^^ '**:r^y^ Ga.y^3^^g y^t. -:
' ** . ^ Icic ris duty 2.^* ?j ^ ;^j :.^^ o.r,l :^*) :tr2 r: t: r^y :^r; *;* 11: 1' ^
"r-rnr,, lis t**"ciy^<^ r:;r:,^f-' -y*i ^:rf.r *r:Le^3^-yr^ y^ :;*'
, — M^-^yy "j,?^
: * i:^ ii*^^ cvit- ^r s r:^".". 7:c :c.^iy :s ^ Y.\^r*L of *7 j
- 1 yj \*\Vy-R ^11) ?J:c CaLL^^ :,r^lc^ rJ-,Lls c^ j^r e^^ cJ *2* .^L-"" '--
, o *"^'i'"\^.i-^i. jj'^' rtny yji^rr^ ^ut ^:.s ^^-^ jti'Y t^^o "I^c -. ^ c"'*-,
?n\:^ a yet ycar:.-^^e^ll y-.ll ge^ t;e::*tth
I^aal y:yc-k--bay for o^t:--3^.1
' ^ 'L"l 1HLL IrlEASB A 1APY (y?0 .^*'.ry *^::t^ s-/eetly^ ^H yot: re-yye Ar?^-y.

JCAN ANBE^SCN, MY JO
Jrlur Anderso:^ uy jo, Jrii:^^ I r/cnuer vf ^t ycu r-^su
Tc rf.se sc r.rr it. t"i:: nioruAA aud ^Al :- lu^:e :A ^'en?
You'll rfsury cut ycu: e/cu, JCuu, md uA;, uuAA yr' do so?
C^nu seiner to your Ard ?,t ulcut^
JcAu Aulursor. ^y jo^
J0A1 Ardcrgou^ r^y frt^:^ Jclur^ u4:en you firsr :u life Augury
Ycu h2.d a.s guod a tall t&e^ as any other nau,
Rut uc?j "tis uuuiug old<, Jetu^ aud *:?uyrl:^ A) ur.A Aro.-
Aud re "^r stu"idu rlru^ uc?;-,
JuAu Audersou.) r:y je
JcAududurso:y, 'ry jo, Jrluu, yru rr. u lr,j *A:r^ -: rr yon uler^U;,
Either lu our uu/;u b:l. cr ^fse olc^r:: tu: jl-'A u
Cr ycu suall h^ure ^:- Aurus. JAu „ r;ru y-.r Arru Lr grouu
"l^r that uas alleys tua curl^lds ruusr^
JAhu Andersou, ny jc,
3o urer. ycu irunt to Au/c ue^ J^I::u, ^ua tru!; -^rr fo y-3Ur lest,
Aud ur:ea you c^glu t^ tlsr ru: ^21 ttrA; y:u rill uc fast,
S$e tliat yon grip 31a f^st,; Jc^u^ until tuut 1 ury "CA?^
Your barr sAull eracA, ere 1 cry, ''GlarAI"
Jolui. Anderson^ r:y Jo,
1A^ but At ir a fiu-3 tbir^; ;o pe^A cut rAer rAj f^uce^
Dut "tls a fr.rg far finer "Alr^ to ses ^rur la^u ucuue:u.ux
To s^e your bacA ccf:u:u::2p JcAu^ to trrigt-- *^- "--- -^o^
'Tis th-u I Hue ^eur ctjauter parr,
Jol^'i fruAursou? ny Jo.
1 ;:: credit luuc a saAuu^ 1\: trcasA.d jfl:^ r cu *u-
ly -.ell/ Is u dour? s^jt:., uy nll:li y:u, ?:uy crf.u
iLC^. r.y t.;rc:-j: timtll uy tc?, Jc^::^ 1'*^ III2 Yuc u^r* /ul'. ,r surry-,
lud "tl^ r:ll fcr you; cuv:rlcu^_
JAiu Arl^rso.y. r,:y jo,
;1IC lul A^t ;A lllJr

^ : lost r,/ rcsy cAe:lu,
Or./ -lur^ urlr^ uy. lir uuirliu tuiA
-* *rr.st ^-uc ;3rr,ltj

A^ olr ^^ rue tcuu 11 Ls,

^ "., ; to tr-3 sedgrr: l^u„
   lur' yet :A11 ^Au*-:A^ u ynri '"*^A..;
: 1 u: eld It dl,

lr sic tu^ tru^ rut trier /
'* ^uo rill r:o:j re ncu^ ny jo^
*: Till rci'? ne no^^

-Air uuuj Ar.^ r:t Arrrfu rucurrr:
*r^-?'ultu bus buuciHrra
Auf Lure.-, for ylur'--ru yreru,,
ruryer^ uy 'telly full^
   A: r "u:-t uull rlruuer r y-rrr;r A^Ay;
"Au l-'Y-'us tut for Its brrtu'A
* ; * u: l-err Hie scornful ^urer
:;r ^ u suuty queen^

Alucl: ^o srjeet a. tree as leue
, j*urucs cu Aor godly face
   Such bitter fru^t should bcur<>

^ ^ r nl.- as rerry as nine<>
AMs that ever a ncrry part
Should drau' f?o smny ^ teur„

DUNCAN MAC1EERIB
* ^ -'?,/* k^r<* r^^. J^^i d:s:dd'e,
d^dir.d ^ " , d d " !:J:?y j'^^ d-.r.(,cd t"^: :r .,2^ ir^o.ry^

^ *,:t,n dacicc.:ic 1 \s ret ?. :ie:y Ji^lic^
A 1 r^-nj ^yith hedr -Ilh n. ^3i^ in tM middle,
" r 'rde:: d^ y^?.yc :r. ;/; h:s: "<"e loc^: ao j'"x.^ry„
, ' Y d*.r5: ^r "r:tr^:../' j:,i-f d Jrrcct 'd:rice:;i^c
..:; 1. d^ ^lry;^d tlli die t:^r ii: jo^ :-rcr^yQ
: :lr ^ :e* J:.c^fu^ 2,:J, *i:^c :^:^, ^r^coy..
:. rr ^ *l:::^y^ ^?^ys J^t-t^ M2.ci^i-ric^
:< : i d'i.r^:^ri,c i:e oi^^:t :^j. *td:f hrr::^
"d^ di.ci^r^ sde dr.::M in be: cirr^,
" ^ s^:d fr; r?,s ^!::rt <.:nd l:jr Isjs they ir^r? drd.<:y^
. ^y r^?d. ifrr^ed, Jr.rd s^y^ D:;r.cy: ^r^lc^rie.
MUIRIAND MBS
d^r,rj -cir yoi:r^ i?,$jie5, ^rrr^'s rdrirlmf.deg.
r—'^l ^ej^fo^3 gdedt? rork r:nd she'll yl-y 'fciri che'?!! beg,
r^ tdir-::: ^r: ^idcnl^rd fdc:r &:: itj i;j.y
.,r^ Irdc dce^ ^"f h^^: C^yo $:d:.::i:; cper. ioi^yo
d::d fo.j n ^'-cy's f^o;, sdc^id do it, she'll do it^
7^;; a sl"e.yd: dc^*: rde^d.l do it3 sd^dd^ €*o ^*^<7
dri fjt r^ ^.:^e br:r^ rd:dll d^ ij till r^r*^
Jd"? mrri^y ,d:m j:o r.nd do d^ c:nd do dio
"d-r r-r.d.ir^* !)icd: -jy^s vryalc dhrill you trror.ghp
lev :r,:-rcl;ud liy^ e:r/ "Riga r:tig ecn^ do^d*
.r^ au:dd- r/id;d:^ H:u:s cf ?er; dc^iir.e ?:d^cd Iiai^'
dr:td yr.t ycd di -d::y thcY^s t:^r^ ;ddf.:- 3lea-^re,
d^. ;r,r.::fud cf lo/j ig her rccc:: sne ^e^dar;,,
/- -^yrAi ::d delf.gdt is h^rr middle sae d-.?\:dd:r^
yr^t:y rl?i*de *'.eg ^?:.d y. trr;j;;ying :;h;rL'3 tliigly
j-i t- ff^Ylc ::^^r i*S t€ pity ty end by^
-d. yc'-'s lier delight fA:d ^dsc-iv=yd3 ha.-r -jr-?,$r.:;":..,
7:ed\l ty!::(d: ^/: r.r,3 pj:i^R if yo:i gi*/2 her g^cd r.e^^r:^e.,
i,s icny r-s r^ a^.^?p feet,, Is^ye ^.s a goo^c egy-
*-'d-^d is the r:e:r, :-.:re cf ?d;drd;-.::d r.[,r-^

TH2 CUCXOO'S ^SST
T it :;crJ,d:ia.' dc t.,r ic tlie ii ;"'crr c^l.i i: 'i3 -^-;c^^

^r? yci:^ feJ^r " ," ?::::3irri r^ tl n ^'/*::^^ r^b^

^. \: l:il ^he cttekii- ho I ti? a^.:?:;Li^
IJ i the e^*c^€0^s ris^
II ; the cujhir^ ho! the ctclthi'
!ty the cucktce nest;
I it give any man ^ ^tillii-g ^:r/. a tattle of the t^st
tK'-'Ll rarpl^- np tt.B i;^t':ers ci t*^e L^c^to'^a r^est^
I n-at her in the Korrin^ ^ad 1 had Ler in the night;
t.'i ry°\:r jor.c th:4 w:^ b^fo&p r,::^ 1::/' tcylo ij rfjtj^
t 1 irer ?jrul^ !iavc fcru^. ft r..;^,i t r^/r- :.cuii laya y ^KJ'^i
t^ ^ti t.ac^i^ s?it::. ^d :i^ ^ic:e t: fir.u ^:1.^ ::i^:i:r^"s :ir:st^
'; **'- a"i^?;e^ nc tvh^r^ tt JiLy it r :t L'.Le s'c"*ai ^p i^.?;e ;j go
I^r—i tl^ r^icl::*js ^.::1 'L- ^rribl-jf. -Lire ^t^ l:ttic er:':ecs yr^-iy
,' " ^. jte ^y.ent th?i: I foirjl i^ r*t^ ^;:. r;.^ rt.'?*: l^t nc r.j:t
j,U. I'd jr„\pled rp ff"j :'e::tr:;j jf rJ;e ti:C-r:^'S r,ejt„
7, ".i,c trenr/j it ?rr.-i yrri.^tc^ ^ i^r^j J^:itt:^^^i ^11 ^r"-**id^
"^ntr<"l:^lirti- a urrr-r^trr-jt^i^i^t :;rcy Jou::l.<
^, t'^, ''Yc-..yr rr^y ***o^ r^i t"*r""?^:r \^ X crid it ^*^rr'j tY 0^
! <i:^€. irffitt; r'ctrr. : r?^ yy/:r; Lrc*:c
. Tm KBACI! IN TIB CRESL
Nc^r t:r$ oid ivife she ii?; rid^: '.r*:''^':
^^" ; :"-r- rrie. :-ra::t ::p t'^e :.\-j^3j Thou-*u l^te,, lzt:r ^-^s t^e 1*'/. ::*
^ ij:-^ fiH- f€- to ^uy,

^'I'll lie :^y life,^ a^i.d ti.^
J :^r*c ei^rl'd frit'n ir i^u r;M Mr
s;iity cii^if^,

^"^r f;,itt:-l*-r1b/-::tt;,,
   :Tb-^rs^.m^i-^^^-^.ii^^^ *:-':, . -
"*:jty c:o tt?;: dan^ dec ,t:i. tl^e.
iit"" it(iy ^lo^ d:n L:-^^

i"^;; rii rr.a ta ;;ri: tt; ^/ 'i*: "M*"
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THE KBACH IN TIE (REEL (coat.)
'?0 ivife^ 0 vjife^ ye silly old wife^
^n ill deith may ye dee;
3ha^s gotten the mUekle bull: in her arms
Aa^ ^he^s praying for you and me<>"
y^e old %idfe she lay wide a^jake^
1^0^ anither %^ord was said^
Till, "1^11 lay my life^" said the
silly old wife9
There ^s a man in oor doehter^s b^d^^
G^t up again,, my old guid man<,
And ^ee gin the thing be true^*'
{^t ap yoursel* ye silly old wife
1711 no be fashed wi^ you^'*

^^t tp yoursel^^ ye silly old wife^
And m^y the deil tak^ ye^
For atween you and your ae doohtetg
I iTavna ainee blinkit an ee<>"
The old wife she gat ewer the bed
To see gin the thing be true^
But she slippit her fit and fell
into the creel $
And up the tow he drew<?
*sQh helps? oh helps my eld guidman!
0 help me noo^ my doo!
For he that ye wished me wi* this nicht^
1 fear he^g gotten me noo."
The man that was at the ehisala top
Finding the ereel was fu\
He wrapt the rope his shoulder roend
And up the tow he drew.,
"Gin he has got ye^ I wish he may haud ye^
I wish he may haud ye fast 3
Por atween you and your ae doehter
Ihanna aince gotten my rest^
Ohg he the blue and the bonnie bonnie blue^
And I wish the blue richt weelg
And for ilka old wife that wakes at nieht g
May she get a guid keach in the ereel^
EPP1B M(RRIE
Pour and twenty hieIan^ men
Ca^n^ frae the Carron side 9
To steal awa" Eppie Morrie
Pot gbe wouldna be a bride^ a bridep
She ^onldna he a bride „
Then ^^ot it^s cam? her mither^
It was 3, moonlicht nieht;
3he couldna see her doehter

^cy t!^ waters shone sae bricht sae bricht^

^^ waters shone saa brichto

^aud aw^.^ frae me^ mither
-^d a^va^ frae me I
here's-no a man in a^ Strathdon

^^11 wedded be wi? me^ wi me^
Shall wadded be wi^ me<,
; tiiey^e taken Eppie Morrie then
^1 a. gorse they^ve bound her on9
^ they have rid to the minister^ hoos^
*^s fast as ^orse could gangp could gang^
^ fast as horse cpr,ld gang.
Then Uillie^s ta^en Ms pistol out
And put it to the ministers breastg
Chg marry me^ marry me 9 minister 3
Or else 1^11 be your priest3 your priest,
Or else 1^11 be your priest^
Haud awa* frae me^ Willie!
Haud a^a^ frae mel
I daurna avow to marry you
Except she^s as willing as thee as thee
Except she'^s as willing as thee<>
They*ve taken Bppie Morrie then
Sin better couldna be^
And they hae rid ower Carron side
As fast as horse could flea^could flee
As fast as horse could flee*
Then mass was sung and bells %%ere rung
And they^ve gang awa to bedg
And Willie and Eppie Morrie
In ane bed they were laidp %^ere laid^
In ane bed they were laid.

SPPIB M(RRIB (cont^)

^g^g ta°en the sar^ frae off hi^ baek
^d ^ic!ted a^-^a^ hig shoea^
^d thrawn a^ja^ the chaumer key
And na^ed ha lay doon^ lay doon^
^nd naked he lay doon^
Ihud awa* frae me^ Willie^
Ilaud awa.s f^^e ne!
pefata 1 lose my maidenhead
I^ii try ny strength %?i^ thee wf thee^
I^n try my strength wi" thee a
Me^s Mssed heron the lily breist
And lie Id her shouthers tw^a
And aye she grat and aye she spat
And tinned to the wa% the wa%
And tt^ned to the wa*.
A' t!irc?jtgh the nicht they warssled there
Until the licht o^ day^
And Millie grat and Willie swat
But eouldna^ stretch her spey^ her spey%
He couldna^ stretch her spey<?
Then early in the morning
Before the Hcht o" day^
In ca^e the maid o^ Scallater
Go:vn and shirt alane^ alane^
Gtr.m and shirt alane<,
Get up^ get t3pp young womn
And drink the wine wi^* me*
You micht ha^ ca^d me maiden
For I'm sure as hale as thee^ as thee^
For I^m sure as hale as thee^
Weary fa* you^ Willie^ theng
That ye couldna prove a snug
You micht hae ta^en hermaidanheada
She would !iae hired your hand,? your handg
She would hae hired your haad^
Haud a%iya^ frae me^ lady^
Haud awa^ frae ^!^^
There^g no^ a man in a^ Strathdon^
Shall %vedded be wi^ me^ %d.^ ine^
Shall wedded be wi* me^
Then in there came young Breadalbane
Wi^ a pestol on each sideg,
Come awa* Eppie Morrie
And 1*11 mak* you my bride^ say bride %
And 1^11 mak^ you my bride.
G&a get me a horseg Willie^
And get it like a man 9
And send me bac& to my mither^
A Isaiden a^ 1 casa^ I cam\
A maiden as I cam.
The sun shines on the westiin Mils
By the lasg>!icht of the moon;
Coma 9 saddle your horse^ young John Forsythe&
And whistle and 1*11 come soon? come sooug
Whistle and 1*11 come soon*
WE'RE A* JOHY PU
San; ^ loose clin^e a moose^
^:^'s fug laia's fu"?
S^v n, looae chaae a moose
R3ond the riggin o^ a hoose^
And we'^re a,^ biin* drunk^ Jolly fu^
Saw an eel. chase the deil
Roond and-roond a t^ttie fields
Saw a snail chase a whale
Hsond aboot a parritch pail<,
Saw a bug chase a dog
Up and down the old wife^s leg<.
Saw a puggie chase a cudd^.e
Round aboot a lassie^s bubble,
Saw a flea runnia' free
Up and doo^ a stream of pee^
Saw a knife chase a wife
And 35ut the man a smckle slice^

TUB BaiHIE ^EE MSSIE I#10 MEVER SAID NO
I came to a cross and I met with a laggg
Saya 1% ^4y wee lassie^ are ye idLlling to go
Talce your ^hare of a gill?" She gays9 'Teg,, sir9 I will^
Pet 13m the wee lassie who never said no<,"
Pot it^g g,at§ an- ale^hooge we merrily did go 3
And we never did rise till the cock it did crow;
And it^s glass after glass we merrily did toss^
Tae the bonnie wee lassie who never said nOc
Tlie landlady opei^d the door and came in
She opened the door and came in with a smiley
She lifted a chair and with freedom did say

^Here^s ^ health to the lass who can jag it in style<,"

^So bring ua aos^e liquorp oh lassie !^She Cried^
??y^ cheer up our gpiritSg I doubt they are lowc'*
^Oh it^g no^ whit ye ^11 dae<^ bring a bottle or twae
Tae the bonnie wee lassie who never said no^^
The drink they took in being the best o^ the gin^
And beings myself^ dead sober to bf;$
And it^^ glaaa after glagg th^y .merrily did to$^
Till the Mag and the landlady filled hersal^ fu^

^Dsok into my pockety the laasie did says
'There is two and sixpence to pay for my beds
And for laying me down^ yon owe me a crown^
Look into my pocke€p" the lassie she said&
I put my hand in her pocket and five pound I took9
Says I to myself^ 'T will bundle and go^^
Se I bade her goodbye but she made no reply^
The Riannie wee lassie who never said no<>
TUB MUGSIin 0^ GE(RDIB'S BYRE
In a lea^rig auld croft ayont the hill
Jugt roond the neuk frae Sprottie^ Mill
Trying a* hia life the time to kill
Mwd Geordie^ Haclntyre^
He had a irjife ag aweir^ himsel\
A dochter aa black as auld Nick in Hell**-
There waa plenty of fun awa^ at the mill
At the muckin^ 0° Geordie^s hyre<?
1'Jhaur the graip was tint^ the besom was deen^
The barfap it wouldna^ row its leen^
And aiccan a setter there never was seen
As the muckin^o^ Geordie^s byre<^

THE MUOBEN' 0' GBOUHB^S BYRR (eont)
The doehter had to strae -a^nd neep
The g,uld %^ife atarted to s^ipe the gieepp
When Geordir fell s&lite on a rotten neep
At the Huekin^ o^ Geordie^s byre^
Ben the greep cam^ Geo^die^s ^oo
And she stuid up aMnt the :joo^
The ooo Mokit oetg and O ^Ait a stew
At the muekin^ o^-Geordie^s byre.
The auld wife sl^* was booin^ doon
The soo was kickit en the etoo^i
And slxyved her held i^ the wifie^s goon
.And then ben thro^ Geordie^s byre^
lli^ doehtet emn" though the barn deoi's
And geein^ her m3.ther lat oot a roar^
To the midden she ran and fell ower
the boar
At th^ nu^kin" o^' Geordie^s byre^
The boar lie left the midden dyke
And ^^t he raeed wi^ Geordie.^s tyke
And then fell into the bumbee^s byke
At the mueMn^ o^ Gear die's byre^
The coe^s and hens began to erow
^Jhen Biddy astride the goo they saw^
The Postie^s sheltie tan awa"
At the muekin^ o^ Geordie^s byre.
A hunder years hae passed and mair^
VJhere Sprottie*s %^as^ the hill is bara^
The eroft^s awa^ sae ye^ll ^ee h.^e ^a^r
0^ the smckin^ o^ Geordie^s byre^
His fowk's a^ deid and awa° laJ3g syne.,
Sae in ease his meuory ye should tine,
Just %#iistle this tune tae Mep ye
in mynd
0^ the MueMn^ o^ Geordie^s Byre.
THE WIND BIEW THE Ban^lE LASSIES PIAIDIE Am^
Thare %vas a botmie lassie and she cam in frae Crieff^
She met up wi^ a, butcher lad when he t-^as celling beef ^
1^ gied to her a, belly^out and doon s!^e did fa^
And the wind blew the bonnie lassie°s plaidie a^m.^.
The %vind blo^s East and the wind blows I Jest ^
The wind blew the bosmie lassie^s plaidie m^^^
The beef wag in bet basket and she eouldaa^ rise ava
And,the ^?ind blew tlie bonnie lassies plaidie awa^o
TM plaidie wag'lost and it eouldna^ be found
Aiid. the laasie and the butcher la,d Y^ere lying en the ground

^0 whit will 1 say to the auld folks ava?^

^?or a .dmrena^ aay the %d-nd blew my plaidie awa^
The wind blows ^ <, o
'E^g<g!.^en her good measure o^ the beef and banes and a^
' And the wind blew.. <, u
T^^-three months after the plaidie it was lost 3
The laasie she began to swell aboot the waistg
And Rab he was-blamed for the whole o^ it a%
And the wind bla^^in^ the bonnie lassie^s plaidie a^a^
The lassie eried ^Tour butcher beef is ever tough to chawl'^
Then Rab he was stanno^ed to appear before the session^
And ane and a^ ^ried cot9 ^e maun mah^ a confessions'*
But Rah neirer aam^ered them ae word at a^
But^ 'The wind blew the bonnie lassie^$ plaJLdie.aa?a.
We both fell to admiring for the beef it %?as saa braw?

TIE WBID BLEU TIP: EC^IIE LASSIE'S PIAID1E AtR' (cent.)
The ^uld wife she ca-^/ in the laddie to a.cet^se^
llM: r^iaisier and elders began to abuse
The butcher lad fox- tryin^ to make ane into twa,,
But Rab said^ ^Tlie wind blew the plaidie ai^a^"
The la*3aie ^he wa^ oarryin^ the beef^ it wa^na sma^
The lassie aha was aent for to acme there hersel^
She looked at the hutehar lads *'Ye !ken hoo I fells
The beef waa the eau^e ^^t^ ye danrna aay na\
Por ^'ma then that the wind blew my plaidie awar<^
The beef it waa gae fresh tMt it wouldna keep at a'^
Rat? loohit at the lassie and I^e gied a wee amile^
lie :;aid.- -'Bonnr^e lassie^ I winna you beguile^
The ndni^ier he^^ here and he ^11 mak^ an.e o^ us t%-ja^
Tl^.,''; w.ll pay for the plaid that the wind blew a%^a^
The -L,d.nd blow^ ea^t and the wind blowg we^t^
The uind blew the bonnie lassies plaidie a^va?
And v;e sball hae the middle out9 it^g tendereat o". a^.
And we ^11 drink tae the wind that blew your plaidie a%fa^
(SEEM ORa? TUB RASHHS
Green gro^ the rashes eh3
Green grow the ragbag ohp
Tb3 ^$weetegt bed I ever had
Was the bailies of the lag&e^ohn
Green gr^-% tlie rashes,^ oh^
Green gro-^ the rs,^hes.^ oh^
"he naidens they haye In^eiou^ Hps^
"'lie widows they have gashes a oh^
There"s a pious laas in town3
C*t)aly L3..^ie Lundy^ 0,?
'il\e mour,*:^ the peak tliroughout tlie week^
Drr-; fibers it on Sunday^ 0^
Ms^ie is of large dimension,,
There is not a donbt of it^
The aoeeer teaii %vent in last nighty
And none has yet eome out of it.
Jo€±ie*a wife she thought she"d
gha^e it 9
Thre%v idm in a pretty pa<saie<^,
Shouting he^d not have a wife
Whose private parts were out of fasMLa
We'^re atl fall from eating of' it.^
W^^re all dty from drinlying of it^
The parson Mssed the fiddler^s %fife
And could not preach for thinking of 'L:.
Green gro%v the
Green grow the raphes^ Og
A feather bed is nae sae soft
Ag the bellies of the lasaea^ 0^
TAIL TGDDIB
0 tail toddleg tail toddle^
Tomay gars my tail toddle $
But an ben wi^ diddle doddle,,
Tasmde gars ny tail toddle.
"^en I^m deid I^m oot of date^
Mian I^m aeik I^m fu^ 0^ trouble,
I'^n I^i weel I step aboot,
^nd Toimny gars my tail toddle*
Jeasie Haek^ she gied a plaok,,,
Helen Wallace gied a boddle^
Said the bride, 'T*hat*s ower little,"
For to mend a broken doddle^
Oor guid wife held ower to Fife
For to btay a ooal^riddle^
Lang ere she cam bao& again^
Tommie made my tail teddle^

COOE^RCPDmDRE
Ye eooperg mid hoopers attend to my ditty
1^11 sing of a oooper %^?ha dt^elt in Dm^dee^
Thia young nan he was both aprons and witty^
He pleased the fair maida wi^ a blink of hLs ee.
He waana, a co^er^ a common tub hooper 9
The moat of Ms trade lay in pleasing the fairs
He hooped taem^he cooped thei%he bored them^he plugged them^
And all sent for Sandy when cot of repair <>
For a twelvemonth or so tMs youth wa^ respeetedp
And lie was as busy a^ T%el! he might be^.
But busineag inereased so that some were neglected
Miieh ruined Ma trade in the team of Dundee §
How a bailiffs daughter had Tinted a cooping^
And Sandy was aent for as often was he 9
He yerkt her sae hard that she sprung her end hooping §

^Jhieh banighed poor Sandy from bonnie Dundee^
LASSIE GATHniII!G HUTS
There was a la^.s and a bonnie lasa^
A-gathering nut^ did gang^
And si^e pulled them high and aha
pulled them low9
And she pulled them where they ha^sge
Come a fol-dol-diddle tm a didle day 9
C^^me a fod-dol-diddle mt a di^do^
Till tired ^t length she laid her dean 9
And slept the woods among 9
''^en by there ea^ae tin^ee lugty lads,?
Thjree It^sty 2Lad$ and strongs
(Si^ the firat did Msg her rosy lips^
He thought it WMna* wrongs
The seeoad unloosened her bodiee fair
That was sewed wi^ silk along„
And what the third did to the lass
Is no put ia this songy
But the lassie wakened in a fright
And she saygg '1 have slept too long^
TUB MTRIARCH
(tune: I^s^sie fathering Huts)
;^ Ibi^st Jaeob on a nicht
;'^^ his beloved beautyy
^^s duly j^,id in wedlocks bed
^ redding at Ms duty^
C^e'a fol-dol^Rddle tga-a-didle day^
C^.^ a fol-dol-diddie um-a-didle^

^1^ long^" she cried ^Tou fumbling wretch^
j^Il you be at it jigging?
^eldest child might die of age
^c-e ycu do your diggings
'You puff and groan and goggle there
And you Taalsre uneoHaaon splutter 3,
And I must lie and gnffer you
Though I^m not a hair the better"
Then he in wrath put up Ms scythe^
'The devil3g in this huasie;
Miy I %ow you as I sow the rest..
By night and day I*ia busy^

THE PATRIARCH (eont)

^I^^e got wi^ ehild out servants both
Acd by yom: titty^ Raehel^
you barren jade^ you drive me mad^
For A3J.8 you^re gtill ungrateful^

^TMra^a never a mew I've given the rest
gut what you^ve had a do^en^
gut not a, €>ne you^ll g^^ again^
B^en thot^h your gate turn frozen^
Then Rachel ealia aa any lamb^
She puts him en her belly^
She saysg ^i?hat matter a woman^s chatter,-
In truth you moss? me jolly ^^
'^My dearg ^tis g^ f^t many a taow
I am your grateful debtor^
But onee again I think and then
Yets si! maybe find it better.?
The honeat man wi* little work^
lie aeon forgot his ire^
The Patriarch threw off his; shirt
And t^ and at it like fire,?
ESMRRE OF THE RIPPU3S. YOmiG HAH
I advice ye beware e^ the ripplea^ young 3s^n^
I adyiae ye be^vare o^ the ripplegp young n^ng
Though theaaddJLe be softg you need not ride oft^
For fear that the thrusting beguile you^ young man*
1 adviae ye beware e* the ripplea^ young man (2)
Though mugic be pleasure^ take mu^ic in measure
Or you man lack wind in your whistle^ young iaan^
I advise ye beware o^ the ripple^ young man^ (2)
Whatever they (^nand^ do leaa than you ean%
Them ore will be thought of your kindness,, young man^
I advice ye be%^are o^ the ripples^ young man (2)
If you ifould be strongs and wish to live long a
Danee laa^ m.th your ehe^t to the nippiea^ young saan^
THE CAITm WSAVER
I^n a %vea^er^ a (^,lton weaver^
I^n a rasli mid a rowing blade^
I^a got ailler in,3ny pouehe^
1^11 gang follo%v the roving trade^
M^gkey^ %vl^a^ey^ Nancy Whiskey%
IH^iaRey^ %*Mskey^ Hanoy-o

^ I €am^ in by Glesea eity^
I!aney iJhis&ey I chanced to smelly
^^ I gaed in% sat doon beside her^
3 wen lang years I lo^ed her %vell^

^ sair 1 hissed her the mair I lo^ed her^
^ Qair I kigsed her the !aair she smiled^
^ I forgot my Either*a teaching^

^cy soon had DM* beguiled.
I we&e up early in the morning^
To slake my drouth it was my need^
I tried to rise but waana able^
Naney Md me by the heido
"C^wa^ landladyj Tahiti the lavjin^
Tall me whit there is to pay<,"

^Fifteen shillings is the ree^o^iug^
Pay me quickly and go away<>"

^s I went oot by Glesea eity,,
Nan^y Whiskey I ehaneed to s^ell^
I gaed in drank four and sixpence^
A^t was left was a grooved scale ^

THE CAITCN MEAYBR (cont)
3; ^11 gang back to the Calton weaving g
1311 surely mak^ the shuttles fly,?
I'll unke nore a.t the Calton weaving^
TMH ^^^^ I did in tlie roving way.
Come all ye %ve avers ^ Calton weavers,,
A' ye weavers where e^er ye be;
Beware of whiskey ^ Manoy Mrt^^ey,,
SlTe^ll ruin you as she ruined me3
WBiRB GAY1Y ^BT
We^^egayly yet9 we^re gayly yet^
i-je^re no^ very fu but we^re gayly yet^
Then ait ye a while and tipple a bit 3
Poi' we^re nc^ very fu* but we^re ga^iy yete
Then tg? ^i^t your^ t^p wi'^t your Aillie^o^
Up ^^t your^ op wi^t your Aillie-o^
Up wi^t your MlHe^ Up wi^t your Aillie^
We''11 a^ get roaring fu^
There ^jere three lads- a^d they were clad^
There were three lasaea and them they had?
Three tr#e^ in the orohard are new sprung
And we^a a^ go^t gear enough^ we^re but youngs
The one was kissed intil the barn^,
Another i^ja^ kissed upon the green^
The third Iiad her back to the pease
stages
And the mow wa^g np to her e^en<?
Rin{ Jock Thossgons ye matm rin^
Gin ye ever ran in your life;
There*s a stast wi^ his hand in
your meal-pyodk
And another in bed wi^ your wife?
Then sa?a Jock Thomson he did run
And he ran wi^ muohle apeed^
But before he*d run half o*g lengthy
The loon had done the deeds
NIKE INCH WIH PIBASE A MDY
C<me/tell me dame 9 ccsae tell me dame 9
My dame ee^ne tell xae truly g,
VJhat length of tool when uaed by rule^
Will serve a woman duly?^
The auld dac^ olai^d her wanton tails
Her wanton tail sae ready^

^ learned a song in Aanandaleg
Hline inch will please a lady 3 ^
"But for a country eage like laineg
In sooth ive^re not sae gentle g
We ^11 take two th%gHb-widthg to the nine^
And that is a jolly pintle *
Oh9 blessingg on me Charlie ladp
1^11 ne^er forget aae Charlie^

^o roaring handfula and a good bit more^
He nudged it in full rarely^
'"But woe be to the lagy run^?
And may it ae*er !^e thriving^
It"e not. the length that makes me jump^
But it*s the double driving*
Come nidge ae^ Tom^^opme ^idge me§ Tome^
Cons nidge nte^ do it straightway^
Come loosen free your battering raa
And bang him away at my gatet^ay.
Nine Ineh will please a lady^^

S(BGS OP THE AULD SCO
-f-E LU^RICX RA^ (ISB) This ballad is probably of the late 18th century,
1^:- i;o%^;i^ -rationed identify it as a. Munster song,, most of them being in
i/jr^r^ck County. The cl^sical references are typical of many Irish* hallos
of t!r,s pe^iod^ and shov the h&nd cf the "hedge S€.hoolmaster/' The last line
of ^',ch ^/e^se^ ^agus fagaimid siud mat ata se/' (pronounced: agus fa ga nrLd
ghcod mar f- ta say) is Gaelic^ and n:eans^ "and we leave then as we found them,"
t-lLL'fBUU^O (XSB, Percy's Reliques v, II) Burnet^ a historian contemporary
;.;rL-h -:he e^ent^ svrote: ^A foolish ballad was made at that tine^. treating th3
^-;rir:s,, and chiefly the Irish;, in a very ridiculous manner <> which had a bnr-
r^?^ -^rid tc be Irish words^ 'Lero^lero^ lilliburiero^ that made an impres-
rr'.-rn on -.:h^ (King's) army^ that cannot be imagined by those who saw it not,
*^^ '-^ho;',e rrm)^ and at last th-$. people^ both in city and countryp were singing
i! n^rpetuolly. And perhaps never lias so slight a thing so great an effects
The ^ong wu.s %'nrittan by Lord Wharton^ a viceroy of Ir^land^ who boasted
lite;' that he had whistled a Ling out of thre.^ kingdoms,/' It %^as written on
tifi H.trl of Tyrconnej/'a appointment to the lieutenancy of Ireland by King Jai?:es 11,
ili .i2.d^ a-::ord:!.ng to Percy^ '"recommended himself to his bigoted master by
hi:. ^rbitr?ry treatment of the Protestants in the preceding year a" ^illihulleto-
,r-r 'bullet a-la" ware reportedly passwords us^td by the Irish Catholics in
tvoir massacre of the Protestants in 1641* The tune is a harpsichord exercise
i^itam earlier by Pur cell which had passed into oral tradition to become a well-
k:-c-"vn jig-tune a It has been used since for 'The Protestant Boys/^
T-^. iTiPCRTUNATE RAKB (BSS) This homilectic ballad of a soldier who dies of
s/phLlis hrs been the father of a widespread family-of baliids and songs^ in-
Urding ar^ong ther^ the vjall-knri^n "Cowboys Latsent'- and -^Ga^bler^s Blues." It
vr-s -pread far and wid^ by the 19th century ballad presses,, and quickly developed
ir^ny variants—'The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime a'" 'The St. James Hospital/'
"The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime/' to naixe a few<, In one form^ quite
c-t^r collected in America as 'The Bad Girls Lament/' the sex of the victim wa.s
,'i-i:/id -^nf it became the story of an unfortunate prostitute dying of veneris!
^- -:^?:\se. 2is3i^here In Aneri^a^ it was tahen up hy the Negros of New Oriea::^
^a ',ccane (. jazz stardby as "St* James Infirmary'' or ^Ganblers Bines/' It was
.r'-.\--^^ to the West ^ irhere the h€ro died a more heroic death from gunshot
*' ^i-icsg anl to t?ie North t,<here the hero^ a Hn^im-.^ fell of:" a telephone pole to
**.r -:^-)ca. In all these^ though, the original ballad is easily recognised^ the
--/*i;' inr.n requests a military burial complete %vith fife and drums9 and gtms
t:- bf: fired over l?is coffin^ As he is lowered to his gra^re^ he %^;arns the on-
"-/-;;.--rs of the dangers of following his bad example 0 This vision is probably
^^/i? -.:los.:; to the original, The St. James Hospital was a real hospital in
L:: d"'Hp anj is now th^ site r:f hhe Court of Stc Janes. Suits of v^hita mercury
*-*"*L^ :^drtinlstered to cure syphilis^,

^ Cj'^x WAY TO R3 RID OP A WIFE (UM)
-'R 3PRCBANT (CB3 I, BSBRB, GL) The melody of this undoubtedly came from
-r^ delicate English madrigals The words didn't.

^'R GOT A SISTER LILY This song was learned in Chicago, 1961, from an amateur
--Iklorist who collected it in 1939 from a student who learned it fron a' Scots
^t.mbcr 1^0 had learned it in London, Since then we ha^e located an English
^M&nt who claimed to know it but refused to sing it.

THE UMBRICX RAXB
I ^i^ a your.g feller that's easy and bold,,
;hi Castle ;.Tr:.i. Ccarw-S I hi i;ery '-;-i'Li "*r^-m-
In Newc^-.rle IJest 1 spent ^any a note
'.'Jrth Kitt*r a.nd Judy and Mary 3
.My father rebuked ue for being stn;h a rale
ind for spencRng my ti^e in such froliescme uays,,
But 1 ne'er could forget the good nature of Jane,,,
Agu.s faf^Axtld ^iud ni:tr ata'se.
My parents h^d reacted ma to shake and to mcjv,
To plow -and to harrow,, to reap and to sow
Hut my her.rt being too airy to drop it so I0-.7
I set out on high speculation.^
On paper and parchirent they tartght ne to write
In Euclid and rpranm ar they opened my eyes,
In .multiplication^ in truth I w^s bright^
Agus fsLgyrtnttd. siud sar ata^se^'
If I cha,n€*e for to go to the town of Ra^hkeah
The women all round me do gather and stare.
Some bring me a bottle and others sweet cairns
And 1 kiss them unknown to their parents a
There is one from Askeaton and one fron the Pihe
Another from Area has my heart beguiled
Though being from tte mountains her stockings are white
Agus fagaimid g-iue. mar at^se
To quarrel for riches I ne^er wa.s inclined
For the greatest of misers must leave hem behind
So 1^11 purchase a cow which %iil never rttn dry
And I "11 milk her by twisting her horn.
John Darner of S-hronel had plenty of gold
And Devonshire's treasure is Twenty times more
But they^re laid jm their backs aiLong nettle s.nd stones
Agus fagaimid siud '.iiar ataf se„
If I chance foi to ^o to the m-irhet at CrocLi
With a.cock in ny h3,t and my pipes in full tune
1 am welccmed at once and brought up to a r^cm
Where Bacchus is spirting with Venus<>
There^s Peggy and J^ne from the .tci^n of Bruree
And Biddy from Bruff and We^re all en a spree
Such a combing of ^locks as there was about re .,
Agus fagaimid siu^l :nar at a se^
There^s seme ^sys I'm foolish and more says I'^m wise
But being fond of the women 1 thith is no crime
Por the sen of Eling Da^id hud ten hundred w;Lves
,^nd His wisdom was Mghly rega^rded^
1^'il till a good garden and live at my ease
Each woman and child can partake of the same
If there^s war in the cabin., themselves they may blauie
Ague fagaimid siull !Rar ata se.

TK2 hYiimiAtAAhh (cone'n,)
And nee; ion tt.e future I mean te be nine
AM 1^11 rend forth *wcieenAhf^'ee $.:tn3e^ hAne.
Anll^lleeriy th^.ii nil on ehenencrc'r fy G'c by
If the clergy agree to the hnegeieA,
And when Ihi on mv back and M'/ seul Is at eeaj. e
Thene won:en*^ill ereevd for to cry ;?,t my:va.t-;:'
And theii sons and their de.ughtern can offer their prey-^-s
To the 'i^rd for the soul ct their fathers,
I,lU,lE.UtJ:Af
ho L-.'.o-jf^j 'f^ryy re *; ^e:** : . ..J
^^len^r^h^ A.— < ,e
latere JA^LL Are, 't e-^y**'*d^A'
. et^ih*A^;e i.tAle n LA.
Lc-c lete- Ad^lihtdie^e
TilhT^ddc'e rail^ n ^
le-j, hjio /Lrhdrd.l^-n
hillibnnAere^ rnl.-: i. :r
Ho. by my Soul., it is a Talbot,.
And he will cut alt de English Throat.
Thoeghg hy rry Soul, de English he prate..
De Le^v^a en Acre a Me and Christ hnce;s whaA.
But if Dispense do cone froni tl^e Pope
We ^11 hnng Magna Cert and demselves in a rn:e<:
And the good Tnlhc; ie nennad- e Iced
And ed.th his iereAe late he^s rre-eng eh3e.,:d,
Ahe in all hre.eec enve tnhen n eeenr.
Dee hay "nilthe.ee nenrctesAnh: !*eir,>
Q bte[' '^hy' deer he ;tay hehind ?
Ho ty my Soul- ^tir a Pretesterd wind^
Now tl^nt Tyreennel is none ashore
Andne stall i..eve re-neriseiens yo lebr,
And he dnt nillnoe go to the Mass
Shell be turned on-;.. mid looh lite an ase
Ncey, no?;de t'rei'Anhrs e,.hl ^^. , ye Ann
uy (Anist ^-re -AA,i; Ar/rir: rhe rntienAe n ^ee,
There was an eld proplieer fcund in a. hog
Thnt Ireland be ruled by an at^. and a., dorn
T!?ls prophecy now .ts come to pass
Per Talbot''s the d^g, end Janes is tl^ a...n,

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'loicf ir, r_tL il?^nr *^* ^^rn^.j., -h^ \i./,
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^ - hr*. ' . c^.us-^ c( a.L hi' t(nyl-i'^:,

^ ^j tl^.* hps c^u^^d iti' ^ ) "jcct^ cud Ji.re.it!a"
"^ ^t h't *;ol L,r^ ^ f(t'* 3'* tH^^'c^j-i
L?i "c^ ?i^* solJi^r^ (o cs^- r * ui/ ^cf fi^
/ -/f dur: :",rry r hra^r^ ;f yr?en h:ure/
' hi"" ^ cvicll ^c 3.< ' Jiei ? ii.r *^ ^ ^.lo*^*,
, ^*^J ^utrr :h"^::^ ^:i(. pl^h" y^^'r flfe^ ^r. rdy
^<'.r" t^v^i acyor ^arryme.lony
- ' h ry't :r*r.i;^2^i a.Tl o\ur i-y coffin
hh :'€ C33s ^i u:r?(rr-"nLLe ^-td to bis h^r^ '-'
,t QhlCK mY TC BB RID OP A hl?E
! A :' iAf-:: ^.nd g-3t no gocd of her
l?'r ".*' how 1 ee.sy got rid of her
h:A* "-.^"* out: and chop^^.d tt:c hea.d of her
, 7,?.A'r \nth?i';-!o?'n:^ng.-i
ScciiiP s,s h-^w t'i€i*e *^'S.s no evid.::..*.,-"'
Per the sherriff or his re*vei.'en.;e
They had to call it an act of p::cvi(^r,c:
Early in the K-ortlng^
Hotels ho^'to 2.s,sy ^;et ^idcf her
E^rly in tre corning.
jd'-trn f;e [;.j^j,i.h:she^yo!u,;!h\- f^i ^^^(y;ry
hhji -3.11 ci ^srd^u the 5'i't'"*-^ "-'r -- *^rr.i".y
/i*dhi^h*h-.:'h^fol-ic-h":hh: Ay.-,
Ar!ii3h:;\t;^u jL)S2^^3rr^"^:^d(ci^ ^i?j iu i,er
A fet; nontlis ^*ent 'j'/ and youny Kary stc ^;r-^,' fatter
And all of the neighbors were wcrderiuy ^'h^^d b^en at he^r,
A few Biorths ^''ent by and young r-k-ry btnrjr-i risunder.
And out pepped c. little sergeant with a :jer;i:nental nnn^her

l^V€t ^o!: a gl^ter Lily,, she^a a %^aere la PleadAlIy
And siy nether rnns a breihel on the Stta.:id
Me father <:^eks bi;j asshole a,t the gnaLd.h- <^f Windier Castle
We're a filthy, fusing fanily bat we'te g^&nd,
Oh, ple^e don^t burn onr shit^bonse down^
' Mother hag promised to pay\
Da,d'a 1^.1 d np with the eld D„T<^
And the ca,t^s in a family way.
. Brother^ beer, caught selling tratphlne^
Sister's been hustHng so .h^:d,
So If yon burn (mr ^-M.t-hou^e do^vn.
/Je^ll ha^e to make do with the yard^
TUB CHAI'IDLERS tsim

^ t^n %^alked into a, c?iandlers shop,? seme candles for to buy.
SAM wbea I?e got into ibe shop nobody did he spy:,
l;Then he turned upon his heels and te^^rd the door he sped*,
J)When he heard the ^ound of a.(* ^ ^ ), right above Us head.
;J,Ye^ bi; hea-td the sound of a. ( * * * ). rlgbi aboi?e Ms heL-d.
;^<^^ tM,^ young man was a bold y(tmg rian§ so up tM stairs he spe&y
^nd veiry gurpriced wa.s he to find th3 cMndler'y wife in bed,
$!A^d with her was a fin€ yor.ng w^n of ve^ry considerable size,
j-Md t!:^ey tjere baling a ( - ^ ^ ) righi: riefore bl^ eyes, (t^^t)

^^wben the fun was oyer and dene dae lifted up her tead^,

^nd ^ety ^nrpri^ed %^as she to find the nan beside ber bed^

^^f ycu vdll keep ay secret^ sii-^ if you will be &c kind,,

^oo may di*ot- In for ^ ( * * * ) when^we.t you feel inclined- J repeat)

^$p,g all you niartled mer, ta,'ke heed^ i^ ever you eo%e ie l-o^n,

^f yo^ Biust leave your wOBian at heme^ be sure tc^ tie her dbwn,

^^ if yor, wc-ule be Mrd to her^ just sli her d<:^rr- e-n the fl^er.,

^hd gl?re= he^ so mr.ch ef tb^t ( ^ ^ ^ ) ahe doesn't need r.ny r.cre^ (rcp^^t)

TMs section contains two types of songs^ ghantys—the work-songs used
aboard mailing ships9 and forebitters^ or fo-o^s'le songs—ballads and songs
uh;L:h ^sr- sung by the sailors off duty3 The sailor^s quartets were called
the forecastlep giving rise to the name<, The forebitters were quite often
shore son^s which were thinly disguised or entirely unchanged. One.charac-
teristic T^hieh marks them is a complete lack of that drawing-room sentiment
v/hi^h tomes down to us in songs about the jolly English tar with the heart
of oaka The sailors themselves were toughp brutal men^ at sea for months at
a time wi'<;h no women and only a cursing bucko mate to remind them of eivili-
ration. They themselves wouldn^t have been welcome in a drawing room—so it
:..s not surprising that drawing room songs were unwelcome with them„ All the
forebitters presented below are on the record? Blow^ Boys^ Blow by A<,L„ Lloyd
and Bwan MacColl. '
HE R^NDSQ^S CABIN BOY This song was eir^ulated throughout the British Isles
as a, broadside in the 2.9th centuryp and. was by no means confined to the open
seas. So far as is known to the editors3 it was, not based-on any particular
incident^ though the story is believable and certainly could have hapnened=
The device of dressing a girl up in mens clothing is very oldp having sneli
distinguished ancestors as Jonson and Shakespeare^ this is the most con-
vincing S't;ory of the lot, The tune is quite daring for a folksong. If yon
prefer a bit of a faster tune3 anotherp which was also used for this song^ is
given under the title9 'The Butcher and the Tailor''s Wife."
DO ME AHA DAY Sailors loved to sing of their conquests and defeats ashoreo
The theme of the "jolly ^.ek tar" who outwit^. the squire and ta^s his woman
was a favorite in many fo'e's^ieso This particular song derives its story from
ihe old chapbook tale^ "The Squire and the Farm Servants It is still current
in Southeast England^ The melody sounds like an attempt by the sailor .to
initate some of the melodies heard.at his Mediterranean ports of call.
'.-1GL3 CURSING ROUND YARMOUTH A member of the "Rat^liff Highway^ and "Blow
th-s Man Dovm-' family^ this song uses the line9 "She was round in the counter .
a::d bluff in the bc^" whieh must o^eur in a hundred songs 3 and a better line
could not be desired,, A ship and its fittings is admirably suited for dcs-
.;.*..'ibtng a ^oman—after alls a ship is always called "She/' The melody is in
C/4 time, a rhythm almost universal among sea songs9 which seems to give
a feeling of the rolling of the waves9 among other thingss
The great days of the sea shanty were in the first sixty years of the 19th
-—r.rMry^ when the fast clipper ships were runnings There was keen rivalry
'^t^en th2 merchant ^ompanieSg and the skippers of these ships were e^pe j\:ed
*'o drive their nen to get the last knot out of their craft. "If the men
-cn't sing rightp the ship don't move right/' was the saying, and a good
shanty^rar. ivas never in need of a job on a fast packets
The shantyman v;ould usually be hired just as a regular seaman <? and when
*^he ship was clearing the bar on its way to the sea a and the sailors were
Anting on the halliards to raise more sails the mate would holler^ "Aye, you
-^y lubbers, who's the nightingale on this here trip?" and one of the sailors
^ith a good strong voice would strike up a shanty^ usually singing the ^
chorus first so that the men would know whieh shanty it was, and thereafter

singing only the solo parts. He wag expected to do his ,5 hare of the work;,
but would usually take it a little easy on the heavy hauling to save his
breath for the more important job of singing r-
Roughlyp shanties divide themselves into three kinds: tapstan shanties—
used at the capstan to weigh anchorp halliard shanties—for hoisting the
heavy sails 9 and short drag shanties—for taking in slack or hauling on
sheets and bracess While most shanties would fail into one of these three
typesp they could be interchanged^ and a pumping or halliard shanty might
find occasional use at the capstan or for a short dragn
The amount of improvisation allowed the shantygtan varied with the shanty=
The ''White^ shanties usually had enough standard verses to get through with
the job at hands If the shantyman ran out of verses? or his memory failed
hita^ he would then improvise enough to carry Mm through^ However^ on the
^egro^ shanties 9 only the first two or three verses were set^ and the
rest would be strictly improvised^ Many a shantyman with a eraeked^ weak
voiee was kept on merely because of his ability to improvise filthy verseso
SALLY RAtXETs Seamen sang this at the topg^l halliards; it was said to be
so very British that it was ^frowned upon aboard American ships 3^ This
seems strange since the melody has a distinctly Negro ring to it^ and probably
derives from the Jamaican song 3 "Missy Ratasgate^
WHUP JAMBCRBB This wild shanty was mainly used at the -capstan on the lagt
part of the voyagep when the ship was almost ready to dock in its home port„
The sequence of places mentioned describes an Indiaman dooming at Liverpool,
The gloriously unprintable last line of eaeh verse is Invariably.bowdlerized
when printed. We followed-that practice ourselves^ and took the line from
Shanties of the Seven Seas 3 by Stan Hugill^ who claims* to have gome closest
to the originals
A Hm^DRED YRAR.S This halliard shanty evolved from a nineteenth century
minstrel'song % ''A Long Time Ago^'

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d r ^^r 3,. ^3r ^ct: c: i 1 .o d^L.*:r"ed die t-rdc . :ddi boy</''
S*^ ecch Jim to-od his to*; cf* :tui,. ^:rd drr^ird sr.rcr^r'^ to trade,
^7.^ Itdr'vdsr do td^; crdrdr icy rtro \ras r.etd.:.e.: rr/'. -.-*r: r:trxd,
dr-re's doptrjtdrri; tde'r^rr dcrr^risi;, or; s^^^^j to destroy.
y/d de-re'r h.ior,'"yfo";: .^'-ly tc-::ici-r y?tr? ^y_ ' vfje^c crld/: t*:/
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-^Hl'lB CRUISING ROUim YAR;-10m:il (cent,)
She tooh eie rp.stairs and her topsrt sh^ lo*rered^
In a neat little J^rdin^ she 5-oon Lad :e.$ nerred,
She lewered he: feres^1^^ her stays ^ Is and ^11.,
/Rt!i her lily ,diite hand en Bie reef-tackle ^faiL
1 saidg- 'Tretty fair maid% it's tisie to giife aer^
Per ^twixt wind and water ye"*¥€ tun me ashore^
My shot-locker's empty^ me powder's ail spent,,
I ea^t'fAre a, shot for I'm choked to the Yent =
Here^s Inch to the girl who ran Jack on the rocks^
And here^s to the girl-with the bla^h cnrly locks;
Refers Inek to the deeter who eased all his paln,
He'^a squared his ma-in yards ^ he's a-^rnising again<,
DO MB AMA
As a sailor ivas ^jalhing one fine sumnce^s dgryr
A squire and Ms l^dy ^re^re r^hing thci^: way,
And Jach^ he heard the sq?tire aay^
^Toright ^r\th yon^ 3ove^ I yean to iay^
Ulth ne do ice me. ting-^ ara^ do tie ane dry.*'
''You nrst ^le a. s^ing a.11 arernd iri^r finger
Witr rhe ether ead of the strinj hanging eu^ the window,-
And I'll step hy erd I'll pull th^ string,
And you ce^ie dewn ^nd you let ne in
Uith t:c do tie a,:ra.. eing^ asiy^ do re ai:a. day.
Says Jaek to hinself. 'Tre a e:ind !:e jry,
To sec if a peer sailor^ he can't ^ir the^: urire^'"
Se he stepped by ard he pulled th€ strii^
And ciie "edy eene de%jn and she i?t him in
I-Jith his do re cria ding-y at;e.^ do tie a:tr ee,y.
- Uhen the senile can^ by he we$ lr^ *dr^j p. eeng
Thinking to hir^elf how it %:euld not he lerg^
Beh wler he [;ot the^e. no string he ferrj^
Beholf^ his heyjs ell dashed to ^hr grerrd
And hfe do ue era d:^g-y eira^ fe ec etr le %
Early next notDing it was just getting lirht^
T?:e ledy woke t:p in a terrible frirh!:^
There lay J^ch ir. his stripey 3Mr;t-
nis herde ell eereree tr.th trr end di'"t,
Ard hie fo ne ai:e deng-y ere ee riL r*e dry

^Oh :;Iet do y?r -re.rr<. yen dirty ^r^l^r,
Fre$ddrg ir a ledy^e hedice^ re s^eel her ;r3e^rre,d
^COh<, rcTepys edd jeeh^I /rr*t reeled ':hj "trfrre
^rd ytr cei^e dyn ar.i yer le^ r^e ir/""
With r? ie Bie c^.r de:g-r ?r^ , ie re sr:e ^h r

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And she lest th? ticket--
Haul him a:-^/^
l^ul^i^ away.,
- Got np ^ith a parsen
N^r shea's gcr a little ba^in^
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A KU^DRBi TH-utS

^ l?:n^red y^ar^ on the Bf,$-':eta abor^.
Oh yes, ^1!
, A hundred y(^s OA the Ef,- ;e^, s:ior€,
j^ hundred years Ago!
- When X sailed across Hie sea.,
* My ga^ said she'd be true -ro me
yl r^cr-dsed le^ ;? golden /Jag,,
- She pr<%iisa^ ^ie i:nat little lhl?:g.

^eh^ Onily J(^in was the bt-y foi^ ne^
^A bully e?i land and a Incite at sea^
01' btl.ly John from Ba,lti^ore,
1 ^e"" li-u :7ell^ that -sor:-of-r-^l?.^e.
01' Dt.lly john^ 1 knew Mm well.
Dt*t no?j he-3 dea.d as^ geuc le rrel^ ,
When I was yo^ng and In my pri?te
l"d l?:ocl Ihoae little ga3.a t^"c rl* f tii^ i
Ill's t^u alefi tMs y^rd must L^
P3r ?!ister Hale. h€^ told t:g; se,
1 t^ou;;ht 1 hea^d the skipper s^-/,
Just one ino;j€ p^ll and then be lay-

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«r./i/ r :r li*:e.rrry ^r^.c^/^o*-^ t.^it n^r'< *';h3 :?iz,"^ ^Iha.: scnjs. 'I :,

^ ^^ ^orj^ '^h^ Jolly T^'tL' dr^j^Yr^d *L: :/-Jii r .^^^.: ^: :
^.' y r jrai^ll^^g tiller ^nl As ^crrt2r. 'j'.lrh '/^j. ^ ^ jj ^:::.*J ^r
*^ ' r jf tl'f.^ SCH" ^J"U^"* l*JL*jll .1? 'Jjf^'J^^., ^ *^0 ^**-3lf ^r.*Ll r.A^H "J.tth " J7.^"L.
. - -.-'/.:?-tf.c^, for^ihe plot "L-r.-.ists r,n<l t::rr,s Ar/-:^ - cn\* .jm^rr: -\-' L'

; :XR b. 1 \CB3 1, B3BRB, Gb) The references to ha&hish. rer;ei:.Le^ts a:ie-":ie^
r.id tb: Irer.tured Trench tdr*c:rr. en neke it ^ee*-r unllbely jha; rhis ^cr^' h;-.^
..en e rrrl^ti::^ crcJ.l/ for any length c? bbne, dr er Brend puts i*;?- e.ye
, ^!: ^ee^t ti';enty.-bii;e yee,rc e-ed refr^es to divul^.: ticre He it e^ it re/;
.^:'s a .5 -od song and one doesrri; have tc be Hre:^h to uederstand dr.
*'l^ P(b/, 7.71, (GL) AgbLn ere hr/e a song or thr; denise of a fille de-jebe-
- .^- ?jbe- Hust have died a thousand different musical deaths by jio?;, Thlb
: bso s^ny^ well to the trine of Tocr Lilb' but the editors he.ve he.urd it

^rr.;^. eeyrcprierely eno'igh. to ''The Crdkfighto''
-- ridt7 5 AT Abb (SdRAIb) Per se:re r.r.errleined reefer: rseer brrri ^ir^r
und^r bie title, "l4o Kips t:t dl?d, ^ b'e suppose the.!: be.;e Seeg?r rrrll
,.-Li-' It rs 'No Dough at All" ^r.d further ref.eereh n^.ll probably reir.ei tl?.
r^ libl rrore e parody dorr th:: ^chhlies called l^e b.:.^ e.r dibdd' dlrbs ',
-de way we heard it<o

^ , ^133 111, drneedjh tlerls erirrjt-g nel^fy end . ^rlr s:-y jb^re l.e
,.-, . Heed ^ ^el^ elL ye fair erd terder nnid'\-^
(dZU ril, d:?^^, Gb) dhis is ^ relUbb.rj yerody e:i e .-r.^ r..
-- j. :b:r of ^he earl/ IdCCs, 'Thie prrrcdy evidently s;:tr;ed e^r.ej
^l^r Duel/ :r:th the origir^l son^^ srrd ha,s beer.- cne of the neej * '.eel'-;
^ilr':d ber;d/ soe^s rrer siree^ The ture is c h:rue.re de.:ue fe^i'b, L:
jd^, ' . Irde :%rc!:e e, union sor^^ ^The Unicn fl^^d/ \;hich sbiL^rs!
There ^r ;^ rnc ^ union e:^id
bho n^ver ^es e,fre.id
Of gce^^ end j^-^ a:.d e:npc.\y fi:dSc,,
^ i e^.jcrs' ctirfen. cur Yer^ton ir. by ?er :he test od :he jo:
) /dd)hh (CbB ^.11) To ;be tune of "Ch, Der.tp Uhr.t der jh2 J-e,;:^. he '
. -:- -eyhi?J^e!:ed rr.rofy fs r.rojhor srrj idJch err: b3 htlr:^*)
e .:j ir J:..d ^e:ye.:y. 'h:.e tt^ verr^: LT.J1 be sr:;; * . en/ ' *^"
^ :e^ee, "^?jr sbr^er^ h./j e lb: ef tr^*:ble di* ;ej b*^ u-i ^.^:
, ^,^:ly *^id^,, b..L b:Jo e-1 r*i,hL ^i::j:^ re^r e^y°e: ;e ^ee: ^er^^
: cy d ^ ^ Lie.e , tee
1 , '2b , ' ^ GL ^ "".^Llie^ * "c^e^ c,s ' " "^bl- b"*-i'i " 'b" 1^ ^^ b*
^ ^ *.t J^^/ of :;er:yjs a^ 'Zur.eiibe. "e*:r\eb ^3er 'c b^ "^t;^

^"/^. de; ';te ai^esjcr of tbe^e se^s i- r. i:!:h ^i.::rrry ?^^ .. ^
" *" :e, ^ rere r:.edb.te arreeter ed del- Is 3r*.?^ CJ"^:: * c ^ t
rl:h c;r: b belied r:r.rh is e^ *.li s^rij ;be ^r:h I.-le. : . r d--b ^
, -* - e b:.^ es -^^Ui^^n r^^jeer^e,^ H; rr^Lay-1^^ "-* ^^ --^^ .^

^ ^ *^e:rrj ^itrrle::n *.jhc s^lvre e^ d^ o? Id fee ueny -rob".re b" ,i
-.: :-ie!:i^rl^ ^tydted\rey, Tre ^err; ,e*rhj ery;hir- fr^r br: ye-:^r:
b . 'b.re e b:e rc^t gruesycly ribrb-d son; ir;^nL^ ''he y:jc:** '^r^
. . ; ^ Ln ^b^ riddle of the ^pertrr:<:,
, , (t^^Ll., CbP i:, 33nrb I:e ep^.e of t:e birsl^r ^r-^-y. : " .
- -.5J3rn eri^'^s^ other b^n, r^^-—PS, Bettor The 2e.jt^ri- -^b^ ^
,. ^ 1 r::u^*:al 'n felh^o:ig^ Hefco:?el...... ' f^r crerrylCi is ere-'-'^ ^ r -
' b ^' :^icr:e r.re He.: tMs ie c? frArly receit origiiio

*rr;.T TIb/JXSGTYTNG (SbrbUR) brnj can one say about a song like this?
;r GOD r^i TIIR MCFELY bOLbS lb (bcB IV SCRA1R) ^7 Bonnie lies Over the (brcan^
-^n- ;r pick up differ nib sets cf words^ all somewhat le^s serious than the
b.ginal- The edj-tor; cm reraetnber one learned in the sixth grade:
My Bonnie lies over the ocean^
My Bonnie lies over the sea^
My father lies over my mother
And that is how they got me<,
- 1 rilJ,L^ (€f'3 III, S^bbdb iiie reledy is a classical piece by Dvorak,
birani to all aspi:r!-g ^a'olLaists and their neighbors. As might be ex-
^:^1, j::e tent has absoL'-jely no connection ;tLth the melody^ The central
' n:; ^: the s^nr. is sunmed up vjry neatly in one versions
Station naibcr^s awfully fus^y^
days it xahes the station nucsyp
So if y3t* nnst go^ rlease us^ a sack,;

^ fbib 1\1Z^ I^G LO/? (SCbAia, Gh) The tunc jo this is ^Continental Sol-
nr^-, a favorite ".vith the mnro^ty school ^et^ Tlis parody is qnite
' i-^pc-f,
J Hb'b-llJAND (KL) The dtory itgelf is fairly carrnon, but here it is
.b^tinjb.chcd by coma colorful r-ct/h^y lin^o, Few authors have managed to
:c^b:: anything n-crc completely and ccirpactly than, ''I12 then uncoiled
^ Jac'.a^ and opened his hondc."
.XT i:b.l 11151.R (KL) This sc\; is very similar to th^ blisebethan songs.
* la ^: ;plet5ly dependant upen cha pun en "hare/* and the whole song is '
^^ up cf this type of dcnbla ccanrng ?;ith onb/ a single interpretation^
: hb: rrcbbbd^ (&L) bhic sonj^ ijy;e :tany othac^^ is a versifying of an
^ ib^t Tne jch^ ?;as old ivhci. vanbaill^ seamed, but the song is
^ b b. * : .'ns i d ^ rably young3 2: ^

^1 ^^C c /* * ^ ?. n "^ n* .r -/e r --*.,- ^^^ ^^ ^-.^ -r^
*-I :d J^ L^^ ^ ^ r ^ t*^ "^ ^" - L - ^^^^ j^
'Yi i^. ^j n.nhn^^ ^ '" , ' l^^r "n; -*d^r-j^

^c gc,v( he ^ ^ ^^^^ns H^m-n
l^d j^e<c%c r*^ :r^*:n h^rrnd
ibei sl^5 rj:r: e.:r 1. as c hissed,
'Gee in'n j^med ^n t\. tie ^-J^^ ^
It -;as ha hes^ .^^? r^cc3 s^c ev^J ^^
hn heer sle ,nj sc. :r ^n ^ ^, Jnr^ -^.nn^ h^ r'r:
Th nern ^ld s!;ai:c df xt 3, ho : s nt rs 1 ^ cn^t t:
Pc ^"^n^ eke acid *.o c ^^a* L ^^ " -^ ^"^ c 1^ ^e '^n trac
dn\f Lncy played Debussy on a 'clar-rlnnt so fine.
Si.*, sr^iea acnos^ the fcc-'h-iglits and I hnerj tn-nt she was r^lnc^
St r playe€l for me one ni,ghn and X trns centninly Inn^nesned--
He ^ lips d.M half the %^crh nnr; bey., hen fingers did the nest,,
Ne./ I;nbel waited tnble up ^/!* hollyi-;ood and vine,
S!r.^ .niled a.t nc sc- pretty thnt 1 thought ttat she was tvinec
Ct-i nshed r^e fo.t n Catillnn nnd I felt line a dnn.ee.
Pl\ylng aeeond fidd-le tn r. jerh llhc Hannar Mtni,^,
fhl ^ ": d
n t e^^ ^n^ <i. ^^"lf ^ -n "r c^:3 Innr &?ntt?nn hrrrnci.
;*^ c^sr y^c^ Ln l^:c ^, . ?^:d hnnce.
h^d: hlr 1-^t. J^I^ ^ ^ " , ^^^2in, cner^rrr::rn h^.tney enr^hen
h"*^h^^*g ^c ^ sc^3"^^^ h^-,.n i:he belly h?nd.
.n* - ;tyht *:hc Queen nns c;n:;y; f^':n the Royo.l Chr;ht:,n:s Bn.h'h (2)
Jnn' 2tc &nn the jelly tfndnr l:nnfnrY "n. n^ntnG^: thciinll^
t- ^ ^h. ^nh-r .n the l^n: : dhn.^ ?on n/ rf.,h2 ^r. tr (1
"": yen ^ny 11^ n^ a;nh: for r jlnh^n tc nTt-^:h?
, ^ re (T :cn to the ^.hn :y '^"^^ 1 n:rn : Jn.ne cjrc\ (2)
rnn- r ^j;J2 tr^ch *^n n -nnn^ ti^ j ?.,nct.
. ^i < " 2-t^ jt-crf^ nrtichndhn ^ n ^n^y ^2,
H !c c : d n r"-^ ^^ nln^c^ hr ^ h ne hnd ^cr n ^!- fin;

^ ^ , ^ Ihr ^: ?n;^rtr ^ !- ^^^"^ "^ J-^ -r< (1)
i"- f__n ^ - -^ ^ - ^ .^^:^t

^ :h c I ^ .- - :n. ^ . * . :d ^ - e ?h

bd" of ya^ 1:^T r^^r^
I "til ""e.t ^e^ "°c r^3^: "jrr "iL^".e b.t ^f "s^*^

TriB r^GIARD DUG CF BKGLilD (c^r.t.)
Uh^^ th^ King of Brgrltrd heard the ne;-rs outside ire castle walls.
Hrj ry ^rid swore by tr,2 royal itorc tha^ !:e"d irr;^ ch3 Prcncbpiai'As brii"s
So i.r. offered rj,lf ths ro/jd. /rrrc and a pie^c o: Queen Fortens^
("a ft- British stirjact ido roi'ld :ir.t the Kiry of "Lar.ee,
Tie : .rl of S^ssrx jirrycd ou Ids terse ard s';rairriL?ray rede to P**rrr:r*.
He s:. *xre he was a fairy so the Zing took doun bis pan^rs,,
Then i2 knotted a thnng rrrcril ris prorg. ju::ye&r. his horse and ^:dd-y--! :yt ry.

^r*i[ ; ^ th3 Pre^ct:r:n cr.cr ;r -erry Bnyf:ird
/ r ^^ iir/ of d^yLr.rl -^ d^j r-'^i': t? fi rd'-.d ^^ d.i f*^o^*
r^ : " r:..nj tie /die lis rrrrid r-rtde hi:l s!;r -tc^icd f. y:rt; r : ^ ^i,
:d ^r ...t tie rat:s of dryir.ri c:tt:^ dcir: to * rior t<:-iry
* ' i^c^dcd ^ror.rd the lrt;L'i 3rdr^ "To deti r*id *'tij dririd: . * * '
.j driit.y .:f Prrrcj L^i y*^d ^l^i rt^or.c
"tj cr^ytra :11s tr.c - ^y-?d. dene
d:d \i::,ci y„ ditched i-r jr.s\a:d diry it d:y'r-^d--
!c :ms dirj/ mi ir^^sy a^d frtl cf iier.7
,.:j his terrible root hr, y d:ir: ro lis h^3^^--^--
'rd tliis tt? dr^t-rd liry rJ dr -:r._d;
PC€R LiL
r: i r s dri cr.d s're ^r^ : her d*.
"ic - **rt ^ r^rL :r ^ '"
.r j ^ -r-i:rr-c^t?.iry.-y/
d^ :^-^t. , , *
. ir ir i u fryn riiisy/c sc^

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r" ^r *M-: idcd^irlid'

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/ rt too €^cey of trc i: :r. ;rrr, ^^r 1 1* L j- ^ - ^ "^ / r^'
: ' ' ^jiiri :.:it oyirr,,

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: :^-. ^cdo,.cr

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Ti RA RA iC3* m AYi
Tc-r^-r^ beo:^-ii-ry*^
H^.vc you h^i yorrs t:;r/?y*?
1 rad nine ye^tirrd^y.,
Tbat^s i?hy I i/^ik tits r^y,

!

^'-? ;r?s t!"e best our carp produced
;,-- . b:e:i tbrb abn*^; been sereued by Lib
;- ^ .\ ^.d e-^ goose ar.d never irdJ.l..
i-7- n. sb^e-btn^ bet eroti.nd onr tc"/j'ji?
t \- r.o ::ee eecbbd scr?w he:r and cleup 'ier down
- ^ter. sb-j serened., ^he serened "or beeps^
'.rial:?.: ^ctAj::^:ipi--ibe?.p3o
Y-* ^Ar^j -*^^b*€d?re^t.a;je *:J !b^
irr, ^ /r/=-?: cbrei by tte i:ilt
i'- Jt.j ^rbeo"*bcr$'3 ou the bi.'L
tJ!ien H-11 the boys eotild get J\ -iee*;
And watch that half-breed l^ury Ibts ;—-..\
Lil started oat like the art'-ere b' r*'^
I-J!i:brblbng through the h^Pitoc'b b*: j^^
She tried tre tv.b^r erd t're er -ibi *- .
And all the trrebs irbebbs br.::?;-- -- tr;-
But Pete v;a3v.dth her eve*:-, :t\
Ar:d jrst be tit rceb.r^; rrr-; :r:r-;? ; . . .
bo **r.re.L r^?e er\.*. eey:^, /. ;.*.-,
NO E^A.i,-;..S AT ALL
*-It ;e ' ^"*U" fitw, **r" t? '"tl^^^^e^brbetee.
lucre i.*ry p y-^-^2^ i*-^-^r,^ re ebi-reb/ e:ed \i.bi
j'.;j c\ece3i7eresor'C,-rey r.er ers'.vee ser^:e?y
iv"e: cb'^b** t ^1 'ij'^fhj
b.e ^*^r b*e f : .,,r b . *e:^r ^r3 c 1

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, BELLA
prl'a tras yor,ng and He 11a was fair
*dy sodr Hue eyes and. golden hair?
0'* ^ i!dhap p;. Lei la ^
y*^r rclcc ra$^ light a.nd hetr s^ep ?ras gay^'
;,-*.L she r.a^' r.o se:a^e $o one fine dap.
pic j,oi herself put an a faulty way
-P; .a ire an arc ^icked^
" rrtless, :rael ^lacclvary,
. ir"*cd * * ^ be"* art an* a r. brad <
, . '\..t^ad srld "Per a^I:. yoa rtirar*
;,:. -'. 1 j . ^: :: - rr 1 doce l*ac r ^
Delia ivaldad cut tbrought rdc acf aid sri '*
Cb, artapa^ Bella.
When j,a -i)j;?iug earned co re^^
Airs, alas, poor Belja aas r^ar
Sciat l"i. bar youtb to a loarl^ r:d
Py a :a:-a^ rr.d glebed^
Heartless - :uel decrfr,2:r
Go rie scc^ dj il^rL :ra aalt
11) l^rd'*s rf jlr a-^- ^r'lr^i^
A mean and wicked,, heartless cruel deceiver^
REDOING
dbera cr<LC ;;:^ a-^ A: at,r- *r 11- at : arrays :ra^ rlrr.ld
Pbat sc::j ba:baiac r.:td b*y aa*:""d l-c\ ^l*n
dral^ sbe .^*p slrrarrd dr. '.do sba:*c,
abc bad aa d*:ea prarr. ^^- - ^-^ --- -"' altb s?rd,
1c keep the leys Iron bar rr°tlrr. jcy,^
daddrlirrpdr p:<:*-rs7a Irrd,
It a t*ie saa rdJr^o da, a :r a". Jdd^ Ia:l * ;Mp-.
d., sba Ja^ slciiaa^a d*"c rrc^r cm ^r ^r:y
idth l-r€ ore rped cr -a \r^ a **j^y:dg,
li aaped to r?a(b t'**^ ^ -^- r^r Irra
bra* r3 \aa ai Ir.f^a" *lrc. d: r^di: f:r lcd:d ; ^ rd;
J Jdr^l.d Ir jd^ ^d ^r .d*^ 1^, \ ." \
drl rdc r ;c/ ?(.. ills i€"Y. ! 1 fn^
Or rrc cu*r el:. : h; -::__r^ cr * -. J d . "" *d *
d; si 2 ll^s srrrlrr* *d:j*:- ^.r;;-: ? -",r:d;-.
.r ^rrr o? Irrdrr ror\r^ r^.c.'rd:
fro fl^r of h-- *:d^:rr: f?e:,
Or rirls If you ivsrir to be rlrrs. rid rrrr* td*^.a rrlrr
drys lll:c to ploy for ?, fttrj Ir td-: trrp
ddry dcii't i/r.nt to pry td? rrs*!; rf *r.rrr dLi"-:r,
dlrd \-d:rt ^irr;r. s^id-, Id yoidrr tyirp :d*. yrrr led.
'df yor can'd: orey^ den^'t re^cd A^r* " btrdr.
Hare a hell of a tirir Irstcrdd^
(liy thr clouds re ftortlrd fr^cr Rrrrdrrp^
As she lay snoring<- r:cr lite vrrs !rrr;:.rrp
Why she^d even ?/elrri,ie Hcrrann Gocrlrp
Into tlic pleasure od her proidrrr! lr/-..d;

3BY3N OLD LADIES
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I

, TOM BOLYNN
! Tom dalynn * ^s a Scots^a.^ barn^
i his ^h.ccs a^ae tightg his haitchcs torn,,
i Lis f^Ly held shut with the point of a pin,
: at riahas fc ^ speedy" says Ton Dcly'-in.
! To:i ;;-olynn^ Tom Bolynn^ Ton Bolynn. Hi IIo<,
! 1am Dolynn Went courtin one nighty
T'ie girl and her mother stripped for a fight*
Td^y scratched and they hit in their naked shin^
'-IhLl marry yea botll/sail Tom Bolynn^
hoaa Tort 7""-."^ t?l. aa cid gacy nara,
^hc sorted as ^ alrj rcr :i:r-iy a year:
' a:J she aaj :^ o^d aad he had tc ^iae i\
^dt- 11 di dr: , caahh--^ raid Tea l^lr—-
; ^

   hcaT.a ti^i haar tha;-: lib jc' aaaa, :ah
t

Ih J^-^ his life ia hcda"t"- : ^a'2 ca
!

d"^c . ^h^. a.s caid a. a d^ hta.hr .j aaa^
I

"I h. sarar ir the -.adal: ' ^^^d^c hr.^aa^
Now Tom Balynn had a mangy cur
h:h- ^ d;y Lair a aaal rriyci iia
:

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ho aan; Lr ^1^ ;^h ^acj raja i:i his -„fc
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M.ir^ da; ^r. i *cd ayaiaaj aryfa^j ard: :aathea tiaa's ail a.
!

htjy c^^-d ^ : . :d^. 2 raid rhrr* ca'lit ^ . a sin,
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hr I*\h^ri i"aa j?ay (la^
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ac tc - haaLcchad i^ir ^aa^ fraa aid sin,

^r^ da-*3^aaa rre yei% t&l(,\

ZULBBm (cent.)
Or: her hes.d she wore a ttnrban
Ylilcl- cane from the looms of Iran^
yr^re no ore could sec she haj;t a snail hey^
%;lch she threw cut again and agaiHe
The first time she threw the key ont^
It fell by the- old water spent^
She ^^ ^§nd she cried and the door opened wide
And in raided her lover ^ Mahout?
Tr j :r:^t t:^i5 she threu our the key^
7: ,A*11 bf th* eld ca:r/€rn tre3.
rl^h-d - 1 s?ie cried rtrd lie i,:r^ C; :aed ^ide^.
./-- ^^ vrrAA^d let levsrr A^l.
31c A* \.i; o.A the h^y ence again,
B:-ipaeAA:^ lj; l^ver Snle3,man,,
She ctyljd ./:! she etied and the doer opened ivlde.
Ard li: :*:-Jl:el r :A.cle cat avails
A " ^i-l^-. l*^:i be-.ed his head le*-j
y^ -1*2* 1-^ nl-les t^ hue:;.
-i -s; cf you stay A' Zuleih?. die sr.y.
J/^ j A-AA"'3r ^rd creels u^si: gc^
M? GQE^ H^ TItE MCHS? ROLLS IN
-, ^--- - "-- love fer r- q.:^:^-,
1^ I* ^ Ir A*e ron^y rolls 1:^
" 1 ^ In, A"i. ^cr.i^ rcll^ Ir, je/Ae In,
A; :r*r^ Is e. hoeecA:^ Ar^*^: he: c
A^trd^ *c*r "A12 re-.cy **c^". -"r
For Grandpa gets rich Iron abort!-ry
' ^ j *'^ ":ru Is jrleJ*"* ',"- b :o^c
;M' ^1 rrr.zn^s ^eenbe trl^i :^. 3: *i:.A ^A., ieesi, fe^'t.Ad^
A2 ^ ' r;AD;/ r slyn o^ s^d dil^ ?1:
: ^ ^o-7*Aot'sly reli^--;iA:;A /^i, '-Jj se:i:<r

l-mM€RBgQ"OB (eont)
If these efforts ail are vcin^ then s:b^b/ I-y:eah the ?jir.doA* v:e:ee,-
Ttds novel method used by '^rery fe?;.,
h*e ro strolling thru the pc.rk^ goosing steL::es in the dark,
If Sherman ?s horse e;ni take it,, t;hy can't yon?
THE BIG BAMBOO
(tune? Little Brown Jug)

^t r-/ * r^er vrha,^ stored 1 dc.
' e "r'*/ ere thing I :enf ire you,
* :"ir^.^& cr.e p,;^d rli
^ ::^ v: :r/\ e hrr^re ^raat,
^-^ ler ri^e ^o je to i;?->L;e
;1 y/e :iy :;e**..: y. jcje:./i
S''^ ^:^d- 'Si*. ^t^s is chr./ .*.
. gr""e " / ** ^ ei e e" ^ rr^ .. .
1^- ^ :: c *:i t. h. eh .e . ^ '
di s ,.- ^er i Its \"r e.e. ^, 1
E^tt the *bir(L Bi.t tee ci^e^

^"^ ^ e " * '^ Y^ e ch*h : ir' S^ *, j* * . ' \ ^ d' ° *^i
" *.d , v.. e 1c n^'/i ^
* * d.. e .s - J e j. e e o f o 1 (1 G i b ^ & 11 e:.",,
-.. ie vc*e dc t!ic double shuffle

OLD MflCIBLi^'IO
(dLd MacAciland wa,s a cowboy
^ ; the wd?d and uooly wc^t
, rs ^crsos and his tcr $;2iy
' ore of ;r^e ve^:y best„
, ^ '^^ r rretty good education,
7a t is he was no fco?^
""^o orly f^ult Ho.olell?.ud hcLd,.
wns Iwrdy wi^lyhis too/,
-^"^.. ^ .. loft rh;tt ccr; c^r:
woo o - ^ ?rAo.,/ ri-ht,
: 3 ' - ^ ^ re^* ; sol :)^^ u * *
. ^^. " o < 1*; :c jh^- atuosolwrr
", 1. if ^ fO"" 0 ^U( CJ ^0 -
I 1 *""" " G0.1d A-^ SC'"'" 0 *" O^ '
o°chif Ac cou's^l. c"^ t'o "(:ts
' ^!: .A^lLorod dfs c^our.y
^d 1^ -wwored ^h'ourh th^ ffwury
d^ /** . ^ chocl^orw ow A^r J Lo r ,
He laid her en the bench*—
'The best taat ha could das
He unwrapped his ecil fro:n off his her:.
And opened his h-ondo^
Then bringing forth his toller
He stabbed hexr in the fat^
And stopped the wind fron blowing
Through the schcolmarm en the flats^
He s^id^ ^I"*ve diddled, nicies ?.nd wotAw*.s., -
And negro wenches and all that.
But tha best I ever taehled
Was the sohoolnarn on the flats„
He found that he had shanhers
From the schoohoarn on the flats^
Couo all you jolly rounders^
And listen to my song;
And heap him fogging or.^
And if he gats unruly.,
Remember eld Made Hand
And the sohoolnarn on the flats,,

* w"os 1 d*^^ sdruy,
.^ ^ i ws 1 Aod r ^ ^wof ^
h ^rw'o ^. so fo.ir ,
do o: . jored no slowly
1 01 vT 0 J.t'. Oi"^^ Ojh 1 to ^ 011"^ .-
.da ooowi hare do'do gtouod*
1 Is,id hor down oentiu
A n d Y coo h e d ir v h i o* r i f 1 €^..
lud 1 o^ro^A; :Awc cr,

TmBQmnrnUHNi^RB (cent.) .
. . ^Btit me^t me tomorrow

^&arth the shade of a tree,;
And if the weather proves fa,:Ur^
1^11 fire once more
At your Bonny Brown Hare^-'
TI-E WAS^RWCMAN
Two nen cird a mt:te
Vrere taking a stroll
Do^-m a counter y lra\e one cay9

^fhen what sheuld they spy but a nigger wench,,
A^vashimj; the dirt ^ra.y^
Trro i?:en pr.d e: mule
Yhey stood by a hr.oli
Dy r. country strenn o:re day^
To:;a.tch e::Lg[*:'€-r;:e::rhe,jher tnh,,
A-ir^^hirg t^re air::; rrre/^
T:?o men and r^ nu^e
Decided to fool
Uith the rigye-r rer^h ti.e: day;
They r^hed her prrce. huj she didn'^t replyr
She :res ^asjrinrj the -eir-; rr.raye
Twairenandaumle
Teoh turrs with tbeir tools
thi the rigger i-;cr.cJ- th^t day;
They three; up t.err -dress end tooh a crach at her ess
h^ she rushed thr dirj c^rry^
T'-ejieeii^-ndeutre
ry.eeped a*rray lirrc reels
Cn the re?e;^er rereh th,e: eay<-,
y.iderhee they re re thrju^h the*)* r^hed the price
-for ther irere Trillin j to yey„
Yueie^a^d ^?)*eir,
here reey .rre^^cr^e
h/ Lhe :tegyer i,^.^h .h., dryy

^Juer ni--^ -- ---c of ehc^ l^ed, g^'lr.rr.y
/ad I'll -oj teh^ ;o re,:^

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.,,,P€A TIE ROYS IN THE BACK RC€M
The advance of mass ciedia, ^nd literacy h;i.s Jj,^-;,id p. less of nan/ folh-
-rongs^ However^ the bawdy song remains almost ar^ffeo-ed by ths tonu-Hrot^i
-/Ledla^ It has nevet been sung at polite gatherings,? and c^n^t be sung o.i
r^€U,o or :(T^ The ainget of ba'?my songs dc-e^n't ha^e to uompete with ^ro-
fegsionals<, If he can cjfoak the words imdet$tanda'bly\ he is a sY^ooeas^
The proper habitat of theae songs Is the barrack^ the atag party^ and tho
-:!mnken brawls TY has ^ade no inroads on theae^-if anything It has inore^.s^o
?--^j: by drriving its wa.tcb.ers to d^i^:., The ba^dy gong has been the one
^,-pc of folk son^ ^o retain its popularity into the present &ge^ it t^y ^.o.-
^- the sole survivor.
Atrmi PIl^ OP If^JG Learnerl in Springfield, OMo, in 1961, this gentle
-;-:,pla.n^tion of sex manager to avoid any reference to the bird^; and the bar-s
lAr/erth^le^Sp it is one of th? n:ost good-natured songs in the bookc

^.'R CC-CI^L'\N T!iis version of the venerable ballad was originally publisher.
^"* !tP^^ y^^£^2El$ ^2P^ ^i ^fr^, Ballads^
" A1JB B\G^I?^E!-^iT BASTARDS (C3B HI) This song was written by the.contenpo-
-rjry hunorist^ Ogdan Nash.
! RUSHER BAIIJBY (€EB 11, SS) The teal hero of this ballad was a Monmouth
;.ironmaster,? Cosher Bailey.,? ^;ho built the Taff Yale railway along the Abar-
-:'r.re Va!Joy in 1346. Ha dJrcvr the first train over this railway himself,
r.r.d^according to la^end got slu-h in the tunnel. The original song oo:::u^r:-

^rated this aciiiave^ent^ but ^s g:ime went oa^ peopl?; thought of othpr jh^r.g^
rhluh he night ha",-e done^ Th$ song was popular among Welsh-orov/ed sailiryj
r!;dps a^ a capstan shantys 6tng to a. tune from an oldei* helsh fo3-h sor.g^
llcby Dorry Don Do A- Several of the veraes of this version crc evl-lonely
^h ^'.roiKhd fro^i the sea shanty^ end the chorus still ui::e^ the V^lsh ?;\th
t.:- English %'jo.-;ds, "Sian fcoh fi^n"- sweet young Jane. Ct'.-r:-.:: 3rr.nd r:^.:^ .-
.tr-t th-^ :ro?r€lsfhoby derry eon io^ are derived from a druidic incantation,
- /t o,fiyi^s .j^ution in Their r^Oc
*1^ H^lIliT ((SB 11, BSBR3) A s^ng uoll-S'uited to occasions where a dArty
-*\:j :-;o^ll be inappropriate,
"1A ^YAGIN STtaG^(tI (StRAIR, QL) The e=±r-tor^ crtution tlta^ idrJ.o ro.ir^ ^
"*i.cn^ond:d^ it is not guaranteed--the experireating reader: ?roLtld do ^ro^l

^ ;;;rr:j ^ithpochetbooh^l-o portit^^, gradr^ily ir.roo&ir.p until ^h5 -iy-;
. ^rge i.T discovetotU
'?lR'vERSITY Recently written in Illinois,
"in BlCftB3RS (GL) If .one can call any song charming which has so many
--printable words in it, it would certainly be this ironic report on the
^livities of our hardy pioneersc Dan'l Boone,,, Kit Gcrcon^ Paul Banyan--
rhose wero mighty men. and they don^t nial:e any mote like them today—they
,;.::c ?.s holl don't if this little song is accurate, It is at once a gigantie
;-^T t^h-3 ^d ^ broad Rabelasian satire on the brave, noble heroes who found
-r h-^ve, noble nation every fourth of July. The tune, a variant oi

'"Columbof was added by the editors to ^onteal the embarassing fact that
they didn't know the real tune^
TRAD-RYE DICK This is known in fragmentary form to nearly every child
past puberty. In order to get a singable version^ it was necessary to re-
write th- six middle lines^ whieh follow the original in t!^ spirit if
?:ot the lettero Sing it to the tune of the "Ring Dang Doo^(n-$n)
.4 LITTLE SCNG This wry comment on the tin-pan alley iove ballad compreass^
'3.11 the usual sentiments into two verseg with considerably more hona^ty
than the juke-box doeSc
"IHS FA^€1R AND Tin MOCKING S1RD Recently written in Illinois.
J-YNG A SONG OP SIXTY NINE (SCR.AIR) A college student has been defined as
"one *who can"t count to seventy without laughing^" Songs^ jokes and
-quarks about the number sixty nine outnumber all others^ but we have
/imited ourselves to- two of them in this volume^ This one wag probably
written in Los Angeles about 1956 c
.-YrlNE COOPER invJITT (GL) Several decades ago there was a newspaper scandal
i-,hen a mother v;as sued by her daughterp Anne Cooper He%-d.tt„ Mrs Hewitt
Md had her daughter sterilised* It was quite a sordid easeg _ the reason
for the sterilization had to do with a ulause in Mr. Hewitt's will. The
;;:-:ory reurined in the headlines long enough for Gene Fowler to write this

LIYTIB, PIECE OF WANG
When the good 3,otd made Father Adam^ they say he la.ughedknd sang..
Sewed h^ ^p the belly with a little piece of wang<<
Bui when he was finished,, l^Bi afraid he measured wrongs
Pot the piece he sewed him up -with was very nmch too long,,

^lu^ tut eight inches Icrfyd' S3:id he, -1 ^iess I'll l^t dt dauy,y-
And Ii^ left on ^da^rs belly tdsd; little piece of i^ng,,
Dtit ^den he made Motdcr dve^ ?: bci: it -ad:) r*dr: st-\^t,
For r^ep-te€erese?;5dde^ '^;; i^dtd ires v^ryuued tec ^/-crtr
"; ^.'t?"3.^ nr. rr.'rt-jrr.ct a;-. ^Jr, _:r.:I ti*; ; ydir ^ dmy
J':: err fiyty- .^t c*d;:dr'd\drd-*for-tr-. tdt'd'.eidc.ic o"-i.r-^
d-idcrrr sdn.e d^y^"^"^*^^ ^-'id-r Ir^-: ddfe*Zr--^
d""?je s e^er a crrstrr.d **.\r*: *d a': rife d-.r ^nr r. r:-^rr r.rd r r r ,

^.<r rd^^voims^^: .;od;;^ f"-;;.^:/^ tdr-:^nd;d; t^lyrdr.yy
l\;-iT'l tiia.t^r.;lc:ac^-t\ d s l^M: rd.3: .vc^c:^ rrrr\., :-J:,;.;\
d, 1^*' *^s i:ct !:e sel^dsd^ cry-. id.td rd?j j^c 'rrrrr dr.-ik.,
J . d ^. tdc-^ d"-r/ c^i tr5 rr/y* jc fiddL cd: . cwrcd^
*-r^ d e gc^d dcrd ^\5 ^r ind^ *- et t'lr!; d^ sd i t^ rcd'e drr^,
' d.r. 1 5 yd^aed rr ddrr: r d?\d/ d:r : ddttt: ytecr c" ^^rg,
(XR GddDdAN

^ . j ; r:r_ie cr fc;u::dr^ id^d. ^r drr.rr rj r cr, j rr.: ^:r.

^ "*r^ urcr. d:r rcjd ^der( ^-/ eld rrd; GdrrJdda^
1 f?dr :c d?r ";-.d2 d"^ ^rddc o i.y d^d3,^
* ^ ?r. ::-^ yej true t^ t\o? 'lc?3 Js tdc drd* *r f*- tde *-'f^d
^:? *:^ ^.d do. 4: s^orld ce?
deu^sdltf eld c^r^
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dd^t'Grrjr Irjr-.r -dr md
ir.j ?. <drdc^r ;:ot y.*- r^c.
id. . jrj.dcsd' e j;-jedci -rd-t-\.: * "1. -; r '2
r *^ t:^;;trd. r. h-;l;.:*:dc:: *:-.avo*^:c"idr*:-:*e<.

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'd^,'- ^-^ - l2:i.d "*,:"" rl: I ^d
dr^ r, ddvydit uyc:r,ri^'
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/d^^r^-r,:', r redder. :::;y -*"\y^
1 -*r :rdy L-dt: r:;r^*: " :.;^ 1^7^ s^:^ ^:^
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^^^', s ^*. c i^si ^- r .^c^-
]jdr €dc';^6d c^arr^ , , ;ir,

THREE l%a€(NRiIT BASTARDS
Chorus:
Our parents forgot to get married^
Our parents forgot to get wed.
Did wedding bells chir.e it was always the time
Our parents were somewhere in bed,
Thanks to our. kind-hearted parents
We*re kings in the land of the free:
The Danger, .the Broker^ tbe Washington Joker,
Tliree Prominent Bastards are we.
€)h. the children of the bakers nahe the nest delicious bread,,
And the sons of Casanova fiii the rnc-st exclusive beds^
The Bourbons and DePeisteir; and sone others I could mme
Have inherited the features which perpetuate their name,,
ft/ position in the structure of society I ^we
To J:he qualities my parents bequeathed me long 2.go,
For my father was a gentlenrn and musical to boot:
He used to play pir.no in the house of ill repute^
?.[;/ '^o^rter \jas a madam ^nd r. credit to the cuit<>
She liked my father's playing and I ;?as the results
So ^y mother and my father are the ones 1 have to thahh;
No^j 'i an tlie chairn^n of the Natiorai Comity Banhn
(Chorum)
In a. eosy little cottage in a cosy Southern dell
A ^nr old-fasfiie^cd farmer ardhis uru:/h;er used ;e curt!
She :;"tf pre^y^ she *^j.5 ch^^uiuj slie u\-& tender, r;h2 ?rue tidle
Aud h^r syupathie^ ue**e rrnch thru eler ;;r,s fxegueutii ^;ith chiith
"^hj /eer her hospitality rL';tained a record ^igh
Sin ieear:e !:he no^her of ,,u i:i:en-: u"^-ich uee I;
A*'i r^crerer i*e. -rr.s ^lr:rr:y I eeu*^d r'^reys nuhe her f/:rn
i^ -i.idiGhiy -.rrruhrire- u-, ^ :/* L^fdy r:b;ht rare he-^.,
"-.J ^u^h^ere hrnrr/'s nc-t3^:s ruii such \;as her a.llurc
iln' een Halter hfrchcii ^r.srrj ^bs"-iuje-h cure^
(^ ^ rooh ^'i/ Ihr:^y's norehe nrd i terh r<:^ Dud(Le's ^r;,A
.ind n I u"i ,he !fcmder cJ* :h^ I y^, i;ures:reut y'U^t,,

^tou:u)
C ^. r dusry iittie chain gruf en t, dus*:y ^'eutheru. rrr.d
h/ hu;e lamented peppy un.de hif- yerrnuT.en!j ebede.
hce; 3:Tac i;a.s there for steehinj but rrr uur-yy's cal; fnuil
hr^ ^:'. o-jertdielniry ;;e?hu,:;:s for crruinei U5sa,uij^
his oi^ic^ephr r/:ui simple t; d qu...te frm frer rierr* -A.ir.
bedueticu is for Essies buj ^- re ^-uue iGics hie reueu
So Jhiprys list of lictii.u ^.3,s efb^r.rae.sir^iy rieh:
Thoirh cne of them -ras Mo i; her he re-id never teli r:e e;hrch.
heu'. Ire never goue to c^-liege but I're got me a decree;
^i". I a^ the very nodal of c perfect SCB,
"*h^ e debit to ny country, i'^n a. credit to ir/ Dudg.
"h'r. l:he ucst expensive se:*ator t-ii-^ rountr^ eve*' had,
"- ^ ^ - Cherts ^ )

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d, >^ ^:^ ^ ^ . T -? <.
lister ^dile I 'sid^j r. soio^
Adcut !iis ship, the I'larco de^e.
See ?*?cr addling ^hrri td,e ?;r,.tci. ,
T!iE HERMIT

^, h-j-\.r.- . ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ cA- ^ ^ '
Y-AYtr^^ .- -^ ^ ^d ^" j<j ? ^"\ i:cil
Pe-rirr j ^ i"^ ^ ^ I'jj^^^-d^t: *r^ ' ; j^L" ^"td^
d'\is he^it..
Ho--\. toe ^ : c d^ "* ^ ^r ^ ^ ^ ^"^ r^
Cu:^ ::. y^ ^^^<^ ^ , ^ ^^ - .-. ^^j
Hyr -jde 1: ^ J ^ ^ -r ^^^t d ^
u*'^ ^^ , ^ "-^' "" r^L^^ p :r ^ ^ -^
ro:y "^ ^r^r^i.j r<r^a^s he :;as :i^ '-^,.
/Sol- br^hr]
Fj: ,:jr^c-^ed for his !r^l: where i^ laf on the l:e^ch,,
To cc^e^ u,p all tha'I' its "vide btw--; would reach,,
And then l:e cried otrj in a horsrifi^d srr-^c ct.
--Go::.7;ay^
Btrj th-r: :,^.lds only la::^hed At ::;.:. pitcfr*.^ :^.t;;: '.
And b^gjed hir jo s;:c:v the::: the iJonter:t:t ?-^;t.\
Dtit Le :l*jt^:ed ^r ^ls by,t one he held to -r^ tif'te
To n^dj ^ ^
He-.; ju$i; rt ^la.t t::;r:ent a ?a,r^derti:' rJir/.
Mr-c^ !;tj r^i'^t!: torget just ivheie te \rtu rr^,.
dm -dr^;^?t, (hj erscct a^d let r^o thed^t^

TIE 1BRMIT (cent.)
And now 1 have eome to the ertix of my tale.,
The hermit turned red and then he turned pale,.
He offered a prayer g. for prayers ne'ver fail^
So "tis sa.id^
Of the ttttth of the story there ^s. no denht at all^/
The Lord heard Ma prayer and answered the e^llg
Though he let go the hat--yetp the hat didn^t fall^
A blessed m^acle!
- TUB VIRGIN STURGEON
Caviar comej fresi the virgin sturgeon
Virgin st^^geon is a. wry good fish^
Nc good stu.rgeen %^ants to he a virgin?
That^s why caviar ^s a. Y^ery rare dish^
I fed caviar to my girl friend^
She^s siy girl friend triad and true^
Noiv r^y girl friend needs no urgin%
I reeomeiend caviar to youc
I fed caviar to my grandpa,^
He was a. man of ninety-three^
Sereat!is and cries were heard from grandma.,
' Grandpa, had her irp a, tree^
I put caviar In the soda^
That likened ttp the patty ^ s^re^
?Jhat gmt I doiag^ stripped do%fn nalced?
Thought these girls were sweet and pure,
Y fed caviar to my mistress^
She always did it cheerfully^
No%^ she does it with ^ vengeance.
Oh,, my God it'^s hilling me^
PERVERSITY
Thiai: about Normality-
Lcoh ^.t Reality^
ponder conventionality—
Area t they -^ dreadful bore? (2)
31 I ^.he perversity^.
Something yi-;h diversity^
Ycu'ii find A trifle more,, . (2)
Isti --—Isr r
Sanisn, N.asochisi!i, Ladies, try Leshiani^.m^
Ue^res^exuaiity
Is nerely Conventionality,,
Wit ch—Wit ch .=
I'd like to he a witrh-3
If I were l"d put a hex
On every type of normal sex,.
Fetishes take the plaee of this,,.
Nothing is better than a leather-hew/, (v ;i
Pieh your perversity.
.Try Homosexuality9
Anitnals will nevex: fail?
A horse^ a cow or a pnppy-dog-s- trdl^
Yon^11 only-find normality
la boohs abont socielegy^
Everybody is doing it ,
And most., of thera arer?&ui.ng it^
Try it once... Ihn si^re you^'11 sa/y
^3vli never ha%^e another boring day,,"
Normality is awfully bleak,.
You will he warped by the end of the wee!:.,

THE BIGNESS
The pioneers b^.ve hairy ears,
They piss tl^ru Ic&thet britr^e^
The "^ipe hieit ass en t<:c :cn gla3^^
yhcse na t<*h, sens-of-hii,(h cs I
hf:r^ c^n^ is t^^re they fYC, j. o^^r^

^Tley Mi^ h^^i if he sri^^ten <
l^c/ hrcch ''^31^: ^eth pyhs*: h^e recRs,-
Without renorse they ^ch a h^rsc
Ard he^!r thi -^; lie txt!:cles^
Trr^e hr^t" sc^s-ofht^;t,hi^
He's h^^^ *^tj^ hL^ho:- s.; *^:?3i
Ih^*^ '^ ^a ' , ^^ i%.h t^h^r- ^^,^3^.
Tho=se hardy serts-^t^h;.t(hi^I
hHtD-EhB DKX
(tune: Ring Bang Deo)
&:t o: the ?-cccs cr^? ':cadry;3 hicl
Tre .:Rai\iLh r s:h:-tcoj spirit prtc^::
th seatuesd the enruh tu n. r:^h:ty Irj^i
^ci r, g^.r/ :ih^ ^ 5t"-hhoL t.yt^a.1 c^;:h".-
he se^Jrbed h^ air r.rd he ^e3/;chod 'j/ ^r^:rd^.
Sri" ::-.e^eJ ? sir-fei: hd\* ^? founds
il^r Barrelled t/ hr^.i .re 1^ s-^rched by scr
Dah i:.3\*c, 1 cc^sc-r^ ^u*:, screwed h^^
He scct.r<* hed t.^ru S::t:hi to hie l's"c c:: high:
To find a gtrj to t:h; hin jt/yrtt^
At last,, ^hen he fon:\d hcr^ he sl^o^ h^,: :hj:d- -
Pox he found that she h^d ^ left-hart t breeds
A HTT1E S(MG
I'm going for to sing you a little love song^.
It'^s not very funny,, it's not very long<-,
The words they arc simple^ the words they a^re few:
1 get an ereetic^ just thtnhing of yon.^

^ .-,

THE FARMER AND THE MOCEIHGPIRD
Parmei Bto%^n and Mrs^ E^rown^ they lived way derm In Pike.,

^
She cooked the meals3 he plowed the fields and raised the %?heat and rye,-
Their farm was neat ;ind tidy and their crops so well did gytix-y
Thai the farmer brought another field in thejvalley down below.,
This field was de^m the mountain side about a mile away
And Btown %%o^ld rise at six o^clock and work all through the iay^
He pleughe^nd pushed and pulled and sweat as 'hind the plcu he trod;
S<3 tired was he when he got heme that he ccald not raise a rod,,
The farmer^ wife to find this out %sras very ni^cR surprised.
She pulled and poked and rubbed and stroked but could not ir^,l:e 3t tise,
"My dear^' said sl^e^ ^Tha much afraid if you can't be a man.
Tha^-li A^ve to find my loving just at anyplace I ca.n^'
So they thought the matter ovesr and this idea they Aid heed^
Thaljparmer Brown would plow the fields until he felt the need,
And then would he give whistles three both very loud and eie^r,,
And his wife, would come ^-running for te satisfy her dear3
3o the farmer he would whistle and his t?ife wot=ld leave the bouse;
The nmie would slowly pull the plow while the farmer plowed Me s^m^e^ -
But tKere was a cunning mockingbird who nearby lived his ^:.fe„
And ao*3n found he that whistles th^ee would always bring the tjife^
BeM whistle every hemt^ ^nd otst the ^ife would fiy^
Till she was sc God daan t:Lred that she could :^t bat mi eye^
Then matters they got w^rse and trorss and soon got out of hr.nd
And the farmer he %?as forced to go and get a Mred hand^
So ne^j they all a?e happy and peaee reigns en the faring
Tbe ne:\r field is a-growing and miicli money it d^es er^D:
The father plows *npea the fie3xl end waiks behind the hitch.
^^hile the sa,n he hired stays 'behind and rides tip^n bi$ Mtei-.
Now farmers g if yon harve t%^e fields a-neediag ef the plow
And can. only woi± on one ef them^ w^li listen to ^e notj*^
Just put yourself on one ^f them a,ad do the bast y<^: c^n;
And to plew and eo^f the ^thet—tyhy^ jt:st get a hired ?&an^

SING A, SCN3 OF S1XYY NINB
(t^ieg Clenentlre)
JRing of pleasures g yours and i^ine
^^tit i^ all y^t^r i^Mr'Y parses
^h^n^t forget old alxty-t^rec
^eliorus)
Kit "a ^mie-r^l^ It^s Indecent^
Rt*s repulsive—but subllBie!
KTho^gh they tell tie it's per^erslon^
B^till I like to al3rty-rlne<,
BHint it subtly^ dorl't a.ppgvll her 3 '
Rghe night feel lt"^ less than fine; ,
S^aMag lo%^e^ but q^lte ^weraely.
}Rhe slight not t^te to sl^ty-nlne^
Rgneat tm on her^ do not startle:
yL^t your kigses flow like wine^
K.But descend^ ah, gently, gently,
HAa you alnls to slx^--nlae^
Let net ft-i-lte^ let he^j fee3. it,
Virile te-lers., ere-tMrd niae^
With yettr equipment then eonfrort 'm
She may rise to sixty-nine^

^insey telle i.s eggheads do 1*!
More than yeasa^t:s (^hese ar^^ *t flr^ ^
Tell her It^s a cultured ivcr^ r(—
Sle^ll b? 1*;*'- fo^ sl-rjyrifrs,
S^e nry ^e^er btay strlre!
SLe"31 cnl^ \r:n^ to sl^ty-rt^e^
Thus 1 tell ym.^ $ee')^'.e to it. .
Lest yotnr 1-o^e get ent of ,lis€c-
Splue yc^r wooing, but dan^t rtte It.
Ratlen her on si^ty-nlne^ *
Am COOPER HEWITT

^I^m only ^ sterilized heiress^

^-A butt f€?r the laugr^ter pf rnbes.,

^I"m eomely and rich

^Bnt a ve^OBions bitch—

^My Esther—ran off tjlta m^ t*nbes,

^Oh^ fie otT^oUy motherg, you dast^rd^.
Cone bacK with my fcnlnlne toysg,
Restore my abdonen.
And make me a wotma,
I -r^uf to gio out rrlth hoys^
Imagine ny *^tar^ consternation^
At feeling a surgeon ^'s rude hanl&
E^plorlrg ^y pctscn,,
^(Page Almse Mcpherson)
And then rreely snatching ny glands„
\0h fie on yotiy med'.crl iror^tar^^
„Hew could y€'.n so handle nr charn?
My bosom Is sinMngg
;My clitoris shrrinking--
*I need a strong san In tsy arss<,
The btttler and second-iran srrb me.
No more ^rtll they rse ^*y ctcr key^
The cook fro::d Samoa
Has spernatozoi?-
01: ffe on yoti ^^e re. f^:^ .:,
Jl.'i yc^r s^r^^ ^oJf 3€„. :r '^ ^ ^ ^r
^ro cares fer jr^err*.ty,
rr^^rY^ :iy 1^ ^rrr^y--
C^^"J r ylrl J^s^ be ^ "u r

^hi.L r^jlrg Ir ca^L c r. ^r^
yy jeyors ^ecureijy^
Ty^cl ^r H^^rrclLyg

^"ec Ifckto^d 1^1 hrre ^. 1 ^
0r\ "^c cr yoi ccrrt rc,^*: r :^ ^

HB BLUES
Individual blues harve a short life. They liveg they are stingy and
only a few survive for any length of time. They are intensely personal
expressions of emotion* ^They haven ^tgpent long years in.oral eireulation
being slowly shaped to fit the needs of the singers/but are likely to
have been composed on the spot by the singer <, The Individual songs burn
a short while and diep but the bluest the blues themselves^ the blues live.
on^
The verses from one blues tan be slipped in another one without anyone
being the wiser^ The three^line^ twelve*bar form is ideal for improvisation^
and that is probably how-most of these were born*
CUSTARD PIE (ST)
I'M A MAN This.was recorded by Bo-Diddley^ a popular reek and roller ^
and serves to ea^ahasize how close roek and roll is to folk-musie* In
the original 45 rpm recordings the rests in the musi€ were filled up by a
drum and electric guitar playing the same? monotonous9 heavy beat every time^
An old blues player would probably have filled in the holes with a series
of long guitar runsc

'
DIGGXir MY POTATOES (M 111) ^
Si!R DCNE CHANGED Tim BOCK CM THE DO(R. (ST)
g!^^T TMNG
BLACKSNAEE MQ^i This was taken from a Blind Lemon Jefferson 78 rpm. re-
cordings The tune .was impossible to write down^ he started- Somewhere
nea.r the top of the guitar and kept coming down till he ran out of words.
SISSY BLUES (BF)
' l^M A.RE/^L S^EBM 'WINDER (BF) .
THIRD TERM BLUES ^ This isn^t a real Negro blues at all^ but was written
-,by a college student in California sometime shortly before finals.

CUSTARD PIE
I done told you and 1-irtell yottno lies^
Yo^got to gi^e me some of that eustard pie^
Yon get to give me some of it^
Yon got to gi"¥e^m€ some.of it^
^ .
Yen got to give^ me seme of It.
/Pete you gi^e it all'away <, .
I don'' ca.re if you live aeress.the street^
When 'you cut yout pie you got. to give rue a "piece 6. , -

^allg she bahes the pie with'her damper ittrned'down^ .
She nmhes the best pie in the'whole wide towRa
.1 done sing this soag and it'^'s understood
You got the best pie in this neighborhood^
Wellg I told you baby3 gonna tell you no liea^.
Still begging fbt stnue of that Custard pie^
I done sing this song., and 1'^ 11/tell you no lie^
Yon get to gix^e me some of that, custatd pie,,
I^M A MAN -. -
hh^n I %:r.s ^ Ifd* le hyy\ at t^e 2:ge ef f^*e,
1 had st^eLh:.nf; i^ iry ^echet^ hcc- ? Jol: of foi^; ^.^?ve.
you Yd: r tjcn^ rrle trenjy-ona^
13U Srou b^by\ *^re can have 3, lot of fur,.
Ilo^t ihj r^ -^-spelled M—4—R
I'm a r^.n,
Ail you yrej;y Trc^er sta^-d in line.
I c^n jiaha Icvc to yon. baby^ ?n an hcur^g ti'*:e^
1-a gjin' back down to Kansas soon.
Bring back a second cousin^ Little John deCompanou^
The line I shoot can neifer miss^
The v;ay 1 ?;;.ahe love to *et^ they ca.R^t resists
D1GG1N' MY POIATCES
Somebody^s diggin^ my potatoes2
Trampling on my ^ine.
Hell.;, Y have a, special plsm<,
Restinr onisiymind^
1 tip up to my window,; thought I heard a tica^

*
We Up I beard somebody ssy ^Qby* good^od sonebody^d got in.home ^
(Chorus)
I tipped up to tny window^ couldrht see :no sigi'^
Ei:t when I heurd somebody sa^y '<%!" Good God I hea.rd a whine.

DXGSINM^POTATCBS (eont)
W^ll I %fant to tell you neat 3 leave my girl aloaeV
Ain^t nothing in the street ahe emi^t find at hosae^
(Chorus) ^ -
Well^ my vine was all greasy my potateeg red^
Thought yo^ was my friend till I eatsght yo^ in my bedo
(ebotus)
1 tipped up to my ^ window^ thought I heard a moas^
VJhen I heaa'd aomebedy say^ "Sig" Geod G^d I gut t^ g<^
(Chorus)
CI^SEB'KIB MXX QgTHSDOtR
My Baby done ehsaiged^ yes al^e do*ne ei^ngad the ioek en the deer^
My baby dene cha^ed^ yes ghe dose changed the le^k ea the d^et^
She s^ig^, "Weltp Sonny Terry^ that key you get^
Won't fit thai iee& ne^oteo"?
I e-^ae home iaat. nighty bout half^past ten^ -
I tried ta pnt the ^ey in the loe&^ bnt it %-^^^ldn^t go in/
'Ca^^asM donee^e^ -
1 wal&ed to^nd t^ the window to aee what I eeuld gee^
- Sha waa Maain^ anethetm^g and. I ^ew it wete -'nS ine-^
I^^lladmy-b^byup^ f'H^nay^w
She whispered i^w'^^d e^gy^ ^Dan^t bring ^ doggose.d iMng!'?
smmnMnNS
VALa,t 'you gonna d^ when.y^n^ naat gilFeg ou*&i, ^weet tMng?
What yon gonna do wMn yetnr mea.t gi%^es out^ a^teet thing?
What yen genna do #hen yonr Meat gives out?
Stand around the corner with yousr m^^tn in a pout^
Sweet things ^weet things aweet things

^nt yQ^ g€ttn^a do when y<yar shoes gi^e e*nt^ sweet things (2)
Mien my atmes gi^e ent^ 1^ genna qnit the street ^
T<Lte a ehaiLt and pnt a f^n at isy fe€t<,
What you gonaa do tAen your chair gives ont^ sweet thing/ (3)
When I got no saeatp-no chair 3 no shoes 3
'1^11 l^y er^-a^ the bed %^ith my head in the bluest
Slats on the bed go blanety-biam in th^ernin%
Slats en -the bed go- blanety-Man? in the evening,
Sl^ts on the bed go blamety^bl^s^
B^t 1^11 keep on a-sleepin^ like I &>n^t gi^e ^ (iR,nn„
S^eet tM,ng^ sweet.things sweat things

' SM(X SNAEEMQAN'
Heypain^tgotxaommi^now, (2)
She told me late ia.st nighty ^Yeu don^t need no mama.nehow<,^
Mm—^ni^ D3.ae& sngLke ctawlin^ int^y toom^ (2)
Oh yea^ ^<Mne pretty maina^ better get this bladkanate sooHo

^ Mm—^m^wha,t^sthe'^*3a.ttetne%v (2)
Tell me what^a the matter^ baby^ I dbn^t li^e.no blae^ sna&e nehowo
Wellg 1 *^onder where thi§ black snake^s gon^? (2)
Lordg ibat bl3:,e& snake ^ mama.g done ram wy man^a -imme^
SISSY BLUBS
I dreamed ia^t night I wag fat from hatm^
Weke up and found my m&n ih a ai^sy^a arma^
HellOp Cantra,l^it^s bound,tedri^e me ^ild^
C^n I get that number^ or will I Ra.^fe to wait a while?
My ma^, sa,ys ^iaay^s g^t gee-d jelly ,rali.^
My n^n get ^.aia^y^ M^.name is ^Miga'Ka:te^^
1'^ ah^.e& that iMag M&e jelly en a pl^te^:-
N^y'all the people as& ^^ why I^m all ^le^e^
A aiaay ^he^k'th^t thing and t^.^k my ma.a f-t<m heme^_
I^MA 3WX)STBM*%ND
I gat a.: big § fat wen^n^ grease sMMn^ en hat bone^ .. .
. I a^yg hey^ Myg mes,t siia,Mn^ on.her-bene^
An^ aifery time she ^hakaa ^0*ma man dene left Ma hcrne.^
If when yau.buya see-ny wo^an^. yon e^n^t teep'her.longg
I sa.y hey^ hey^ yon ean^t keep her iangp
I gQt'a new way t0 &!eep hat ,d^^?n^' yon ^Men^ey mea^ '
D^by^ for my dj.mie^^ 1 want ha^n and eggg^
Isayheypheyp I want ham and egggp
And for my stopper^ Y^a,?3a,^ I want to feel yeur legs^
How you lei me feel your iegs% and they felt so st^^ng^,
1 say* heys hey9 and they felt so strong^
Baby9 if yon Imo^ what It^a gonna be<? baby^
Please don^t let me ^now^

- THIRD TERM BHJES,

^

&,
Getting on towards midnight
Sitting by myself
4 /^ ^ ^ ^y
Bllda^ule on.the desktop
Ay

'^
Textbook on the shelf

^
.Cv By fT
I've got the third term blues*
±hi creeks behind in rhysicB^ havenlt dt^e my rathr
Never started eagiish, hlei* np the ?^ Cber^ l^r-
I^ve ^ot the third term "blues^
1 have to start <:*o study, ^hat a fix I^m in.^
I've got tco Cod damrn much to do^ Where do I begin?
I^ve got the third term blnea^
X saif Professor Roberts^ He said I wouldn^t pass-
Well h€ can take that bloody course and stick it np hi^ a^sF
I^ye got the third term bluest
Eaven^t neen a iroman for a month or sc^
liy only d^tea ^re textbooks^ how much longer can I g-3?
l^vc got the third term hlues^
Oan^t jnst sit and study^ feeling much too bine
1 call tip Betty Wilson— But she"s got finals too,,
l^ve rot the third terji blues.
?i::r,ls ^ttrt t^-or^-v. What leus y ?;hr3^ I'u in
rh%^^3^ o^ri^^f a bo:k so f^i (gr^s^) il'l have fy,^ Gi:^
l"/e cot the third tera -lues^
'2jt ^^ ot&rt in %rurhlng, hut ^verytti^gG's ^ir^ "T:*-t
1 n^^d ^- tins tc smdyr, But 1 urt Ler^ ^f^-ri" h'h ;:r^
!"r=r iot t^e thl:/d tern biu.es,

YE SAMAD of the IA1B J, C-HRIST
(tnne - Jess e Janie s )
'Dent three or four EhC^
By the sea c-f (Galilee,
Was!ied in M$ untied mother^ teara^
He fought the ruling classes..
Preached the Gospel to Hie masses
And pre-dated Marx by eighteen hundred years^
Poor Jesus had no wife
To mourn fen M:- life,.
He needed a hath and a shaver
But that eneny of the proletariate
Judas Iscatiat<
He l^id pooy Jesus in his grave ^
I AMJBSUS' LrnrFJBMi^B
1 ain Jesus' little lamb, yes I am. Yes 1 am,,
I ^ Jesms Utile l^b&
You're God Damn Right 1 am!
I don^t care if it rains or freezes^
I'll he safe in the arms of Jest^
I am Jesus' little Lmah^
You're God Damn tight I am!
The ANIL'S BALMAE
The angels had a ballgai^ie in heaven ^s old backyard,
With Jesus playing fullback and Moses playing guards
The atanda were peeked with cherubs^ and Oh, hew they did yell,
When Jesus scored a touchdown against those boys ftos Hell,
Stand np fot Godp stand np^ for Godp
Jesus really hits tha.t linen
M-oaes in there doing fine,,
Stand up for God^ Stand up for God.
R0t± 'em seC^r -em Jesus kno(± *em^
Stand up for God!
CIRISTIAI^IW HITS THE SPOT
/Christianity hits the spei,.
Twelve ap^stlea^, that^s a lot.
H^ly Ghost and the Virgin te^—
ChriatiAaity's the faith for yon!
- (holy holy holy holy,)

X MARCmiNG StNGS OP Cm MIGHTY ARMIES
The barracks have always been a hatchery for bawdy songs 3 Here are
a few of the ehieks that have eracked the shells
HCNBY BABE (S(RAIR) This song made the hit parade during the Korean War
with a set of verses which were only slightly suggestive. The song writer
who put that version together probably had to go thru quite a few verges
to find any which would pass the radio -sensor. The 'T^va got a gal,?c</'
theme seams to lead to some wild fantasies—you should have seen the ones
we didn/t use^
ROLL YOUR LEG OYER (SCRA1R, CBB 1) This famous song has a tremendous
pool of verses 9 The version in S(RAXR was reportedly obtained when the
guy who was putting it together went out in the hall and shouted^, "Anybody
know some verses to *Roll Your Leg Over?" Those not known were soon made
up and he ended with three pages full of verses and would have had far more
if he^d %^aited a few days longer. The tune$ incidentally g is also known
in Holland as "Louisa/^ a chiidrens song.
An interesting note on one of the verses9 which may give some insight
into the mysterious way that dirty jokes come into existance; The phrase^
^to plug in and grind*' refers to the standard method of solving math or
physics problemse Once one understands the problem and knows what formulas
apply a he can '"plug in" these formulas and "grind out'- the answer ^
The Cal Tech student board of directors was discussing a beauty contest
to be held in eon junction with the homecoming game. C1T being a man's
institutions they had decided to go to a few neighboring colleges and
recruit soma candidates for the honor. As the discussion ended^ one of the
members stood up and saidp quite seriously9 "Wellp that^s ttatc All we
have to do is plug in and grinds One or two parties later the versa^
^1 wish all younj girls was solutionis to find.**" cropped up^
In the same ways dirty jokes probably originate in someone^s chante
remark which is repeated as an anecdote with more and 'more embellishments
until it finally becomes a completed joke.
ROM, MB OVER (StRAIR^ CBB IV) This was easily the best-known song in WW 11,
Some sang ^Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunitions" some sang '"Roger Young,/'
but all sang 'Holl Me Over/' It is descended from a sea shanty, used for
pumping ships called "Put Your Shoulder Next to Mine and Bump Away,/- See
also, "Shove It Home/' p 118,
BARNACIE BILL TUB SAILCR (from the singing of Oscar Brand) ' This song has
made quite a transformation sin^e the days when it was a nursery songs
There is at least one more Armed forces version of this^ called^ 'Barnaule
Bill the Pilots
HITLER HAS ONLY GO? (HE/BALL The movie "Bridge on the River Kwai" opens
vjith a scene showing a captured British platoon coming through the jungle
whistling a tune usually known as the "Colonel Boogie March/' The words,?
presented herep might explain why they were whistling instead of singings
CATS €M THE ROOFTOP (SCRAIR, BS3RB, GL) While this song might seem quite
recent—some verses postdate neon lights—other verses barely postdate handles.

Two extra verses are worth recording here^ even though they didn^t fit
the song as printed.
The Sergeant-Major has a hell of a life
He has no wom^n and he can't afford a wife,
So he simply sticks it up the regimental fife
And revels in the throes of fornication^
The alligator a so it seams 3
Seldom ever has we dreams,
But when he comes he comes in streams
As he revels in the throes of fornication^
MUSH MUSH HUSH TGJRALIADY (SCRAIR R? BS3RB) The tune and chorus are frc^
a. traditional Irish hooley song of the game name3 The sentiments expressed
are more modern? in point of time if not in point of view 3 The song was
popular in the navy during the war,^ and has since matriculated to the
colleges* it still rings through the hallowed halls of ivy on nights
ivhen a pint is likely to be found inside the most academic cap and gowno
WAY U? IN PENNSYLVANIA (SCRA1R) The story is common among both martial
and civilian folksongs 9 and the only reason for including it here rather
than in another section is the pun in the last verse^ The tune is "My
Grandfather^ Whiskers.'*
I DON'T %^y TO JOIN TUB ARMY BSSRB) This was a popular song in the British
array in both !iM I and W 11c Make with a bit. of a Cockney accentp guv'nor 9
that's the chap!
BBLL BOTTCM TROUSERS (BSBRB^.GL, SCRAIR) This was recently bowdlerized
into a, pop songs Howeverp it goes back at least to early 19th century
England and probably much earliere An alternate third verse:
I lifted up the blanket and a moment there did lie9
He was on me he was in me in the twinkling of an eye.
He was in again and out again and plowing up a storm?
And the only word 1 thought to say3 /'I hope you^re keeping warr.,"
DO TOUR BALLS HANG Lav (S0RA1R) , The song so good we printed it l^iee,

H(^y.?3ARo
1 -'ve got a gal in Sct^th 3ouix P^ils
Honey^ Heney^
I '^ve got ^ gal in Sot^t^ Scnix Palls
S^be^ Babe.
)Mve got a gal ii^ S^tsth Sonix Falls^
Shc'a get tits like basketballs
PFoney^ oh baby mine<,
I've got a gal in NetJ Orleans
All she does is l&y nyrines^
I^ve get a gal in Tiajuana,
g^e hBOt:^ how but she don't warm^-
I'^e got a gal in Sot:th Korea g
She-s got syph and gonorrhea,
i''^e get a gal ii Ic:^. City
Not too ^lea,a and kind of shitt/<
I've got a rraJ f?o% over the hill
If she wontt do it ??er sister yjtll..
1-ve gQt a gal from Boston. Maso,
Makes her living with hct ass^
I^ve got a ga.l all diesseel i:^ ". tL-t:.
She makes her money o:& her br,c^:,
I've got a. gal a.il dressed in xv/tLte^
She works all day and ft:el:s alt ri.^hl,,
I've got a gal in New Sautb Send
When she's cnt I try her friend,
ROLL MB OVER
Ch^ this is number one and the fun has just begnn^
Roil me evey^ lay me down and do it again,
Roil ne ever, in the clover^
Roil ise €r"ery lay me doifn^ and do it again^
Oh, this is number ttm and his h&nd is en s:y sh&e^
Ohy this, i-s number three and his hand is oa my Imee^
Gh^ this ia number fc^r and he^s got me 0a the floor,,
Ohg this is number five and he^s-got me daneing jive,, ' - ,
Oh^ this i,s number six and he^s got me doing tricks^
Ohg, this is number seven and it^s feeHng juat like hea%*ea^

^ty t^is 5s nrybet eight and the deeper"s awful Istte,
(i,, ?ii^ i? ir^myer ^iac a.:r" d:e t-^-ir are ^oim^ ti:ie
(t: thit i& tmnber ten art let's do it all again,
Ohr tnj.s is nunbar '^leven and ij-s jt:st lite Rubber se^r:.
Old Mother I?ubbard went to her cYrpbczrd
To fett,h ter peoi dog a bere^
Sut wben she bant oret^ Lo^er drove her,
For the dog h?.d s bor^ of rts c?jn,

And I were a. Sexton, I'd bang on the ho^r.
Oh roll your leg over^ i^oli your leg over
Roll'your leg over the Bian in the mooa^.
I wish all them ladies was brieks in a pile^.
And 1 were a ^son, I'd lay them in style,
I wish all theai ladies was little white flowers^
And I was a bee^ l^d suck them for hours.
1 wish all them ladles were moles in the grasses^ / ^
And I were a, ^ole^ I *d smell the molasses^ j
I wish all them girls were rushes a-gtowing^.
I^d take out my scythe and start in a-mowing^
I wish all them ladles was fish In the ocean,,
And 1 were a sharks l^d raise a commotion,
I wish all them ladies was B-29'Sg
And I were a fighter^ I^d buz^ their behinds. il
I wish all them ladies was solutions to find,, i
A,nd I were a ftesh^ I'd plug in and grinds , .;;^
I wish all them ladies was dx/dt

r -?;^j
Then! would integrate them d-me^
I wish all them ladies was wrecks on the sheals^ '--;?.J
Then I'd be a shipwright and plug up their hele^^:;;:;?;!j
I wish all them ladies were vessels of clay^ / r..*^;g
Tliea I'd be a potter and make them all day^ . - *M'/J-j
I wi^h all them ladies was gigantic whalesg ^::;^-;{
Then 1M be a barnacle set on their talla^ .' / ^;^
1 wish all young girlg wa,s bullets of lead^ .y^
Then l^d nse my rifle and bang till they^te dead^ -^
I wish all young git la was ^alepl^ne pel^s^ :^'^
And I were a. squirrel^ I^d stuff nuts in their hples^
I wiah &ll.them ladies wns statues of Venuss _'\^l"^j
And I were a Greek with a petrified penis. .^"]
I wish all them ladies was fish in a poelp ; ' /j
And I were a.carp with a waterproof tool^
1 wish ail young girls were like wine in a glass -. -\'.\r-;1
Then I^d get so drunk that l^d fa.ll on my ass*

I ^ir^ a3i yyjnr g-rl& ^e^^ r:ilL j i^ . ^^c
Tf:r:i l^d Le ^ fcoi and de irist I rxri^i do,
1 ^is^ aiJ t:^e^ l?d^^s i^&y r t:eG ^ , ^ ^^r^^
Th^n ^ d b^* ^ ^rallicn ^rr ^?^s ?A:r ^^^ r^
I :dsh ^11 tie^ la&tr^ ^,rs btt^ ir r ^:^^?lcr
Then Y^d be ^ b^^. ^h^re'a re r-iore b?^- r^rr yeople<,
I zisi a-13 tien ladies r.rs r<ms in H\2 sitble,
And 1 ?ere ^ ty^rr I d ,4 't^j r"i 1 ^rrs Able
T ^3-?^ :-t3 ^!"em 2^d.^^ i:t^ riiginy ^tJs f^g,
BiRl^ilrP, Bl.,1, 113 SilL(S,
;

'IFoc's Hiat Im^ckirg t.c ^iy dror.
?fio^s tltsrt kncciiay ::t t.^* d^or,
iVhr's that knocking ^t my droryi"
Cri^d the f^^ir yorrig nriien,
''lY s only ne ftor: ojer the se?,y says Srrrnrrcle Bill jbe Sailer^
'Hr,i herd to ^indrrrtd ?nd hard alery' r-c/5 Dtrrn^rlc Bill the Sailer,
"jdrc ncirlr coL:e upon rhc sljore, ^ad tlds is rrat Ir*^? looiiug f?r,
A jade., a ttaici, or ever a vaiorey- says 3:r*L,rr:lc Dill *ie ia.ilor,
*;

'"I'll cciae dovm and let ycr tn^ (3 tines)
,? *

Srld tie fair yruny i^iden
'^11 br^:^^ br j r ^* org jie <1r:r ^ r:;^ r^i^rjc^c D:ll .1c Jrilor
r** :„c .s j:yl*\ r/ Le^p"^ & -^i" "* oa\^ Frr^^'r L.til rie 5ar"c^r
„ ,1 sc ^o^^d ^y ^ , a-^ra^d ^o rdcp l'i: l^(i:hn^ ie^ v^r,L cr j.i^ ^ , ^* ^Pr
,. i ^-^c ^ ^—'- ^- ^ ^ ^^. ^.y ^^ ^^ - s^ys J -^^c^^ i^ll io 3nl(^
-i

*^^i /c^r :i:.sM s ^,?< :^ ^/ cle^s^i !*^:c&^
Lit ^- frr^ 7^-g r^iccn,
-'- 1 ^ ("^:-*" ^^ J" 3^ ^^d ftl.. (J ;:i.c, ry 1: & yyri(,cle P ^ cie Jr
My 'l^^.ig uht^^ jjs j^ ^r :c c'rss *.c ^e^. i^i3i& ^ ^e ^^er ^rs.3^ I '." ^
y ? ^i^y I.,? \c^^ ^.i^, rzy li ^Jckl- ^^r^ f.scy 5i.y^ La r.c"^ y- ^ 1 ^ Sailor,
r^ L^e^ ^e*lj $:r:^ ^ ^ed. (2 ^L rr)
i,

„ . c ye f:i.t y ^nr rJt: i.
i'r Y^ froi*^ yir i^^s rorii:^g j „ sro.f " c^r& ir,. f.^t IrlJ ^h^ lr *^ r
'.';.- 1 .^ ycc n:r r ^^lic a air^y p^it ^ ^ry^ _.i r^rl? lr"*i lie Sr:**er
..'!,' C T 2.- "- a.rr "y^ ^rrr^ Le ^^^ sc ^ €,. ^ '^Lt r^^ r :^ ri
.y.r. ^e-,i, -r ^ ; 1 1 rinc\r.c^^ —.,r rrrcr^rl 1 ri^ l?i^r.

^rd3^-Lir L^<^ roL^^ls ^:aii
CATS OH THE ROOPTOI^

^'^c ^.r^c^dile is a funny animal^
fc :apes his riate orily cnee in a %?bilc
\." rljj- he does lie floods the Nile
lii"** 0:1 "he roofi^i^s ctt? on ih^ tiles,
'Ih.to 4riii li.eir b:r:^s all ^:fea-thed it: ^:.i.i.-rs
1^ 'i<e^ revel ir tit3 chtees of fcrnicfijic^
ji^ :^f trerr. xveiyrs ^ tr.cusa.nd poinds.
A '* ""' " /' t/ e *rc i x n t i 3 i nr c 6 s o 1 1 c r P ^ c $. H o * 1.
11 * c ^^1^ L ^s ^ 1^ L of f tm /
i^-.' :^^f:;< yL y^L: .:;o^u:^s ^:r cn^
11^ ci^* -^s r. ^icfij. oi ch^stiLy^
Y^„ c^n L tell ^ c^.j ire"*: :t b?.
BuL \e jrn tel^ ^::^ so car sr^r
is 7 -^ ::val :n jle throws (J fcrrfr^'J^n
T"" 7 xoc t'c (.cs rs rr r, j* " ^ ' ^ , ^
it ^l^s i?eJo:j 1:1:^ ^ ^ ^ ^ -
;
iii^^s ii:caf'-yy^i* ^i J"^"^
l^jrei 1? stands ^ '0^: r^* r^ .
r(L3i; ITi^ MISH TOIRAIJADY
'7-. . rc^r ^^cy :7i .ride In ^rhc dcry
G^"iy s' *" cl t^s j^jr^it "^?
-ii^ *&"-":r^h^.f" ^rr3li^rc.
C?.r, hvrily 1^ l.y^j^^u : - ^

WAY UP IN PENNSYLVANIA
y-r/ up In Pennsylvania
(w a cold and stormy nig!rh-

^ ir.lked up to a %#mr chouse
;f--;re lights were shining bright
*- \-;Alked across the porch;.
;_r! knocked upon the door^
^y- knock was quickly answered
*^ \ i%ea,tly h?.lf-dresccd?7hore,.
y. ivore a dath ?-:ir;Or.o
-^"\'/'" €-oencd doi-/n the frorhy,
\ .; hid her filths cu:A\
She asked rne t;hat 1 ^antedg,
Her figure showed her class <.
1 told her all 1 wanted
W&s a -hfc-bit piece of ass*.
She led me in the other roomy
The chores were all around^
1 swe?jr it i*;ap the damndest place'
That 1 h:r.d ev2*r founds
Ard led her up the stairs.?
J. ^OO!^ O-^d ^-^t€' rif^tit r^ IRY t"ir,?3d
Ard r ^1111C(, it t h 7 0*-if*h 11*:OSG 11.?. 1 f S .^
And I was feeling gr^r.d^
hh-^a 1 ^.ro'ke up In. a ravy-cot
?i;A;h a discharge in ry hn.nd.
1 Dh^^ 'T v.Ah-T TO JOIfi ?flt3 AAllY
'^ - L out t^'.e r^-:h:-rs of t!ie Queens Marines
."i!.t ?r/ Aothc^.^ 1^-" Ulster ^i*d nr Brother
. . ,-^r Gcd^s s-::dr^ dorAt erll r^r

^*.At nant to he ;?. soldier^ d(^"t t;:t,rt to be ?. nar. of Aars^
!3-J lf^,H'^ ro ^JO GC^^. YO CJ-G ^€-^0^ prt^CHriL^' ^rj. *Al-^ ^rr^.rCS Oil the S^C-...'L/;.:.' bAl'Ar.'-.
/ -n't *:^e^- no forvAyy? ^;-,-r-n^ Icndon^s fr.ll of girls 1 tie^er Iir.d^.
" -t t- ^tny iu h^lar.d, jolly j^lly En^l^nd, Fclto-i:iLj th^ fr-t-Ay,s of :iy A^-A.
::*/., ::y 1 '^A L^s ^,. lrr- ti^h:lcr T^ie^f^y r:yA" ,iy Xr d i. c . ^ ^
. '. ^r^J r '"*rt^ . i rr? h^^^s'.A^^ 7 A^r ^r :;.^ + ,^ A j she r .

Once I ^*?a# a' serving maids dowy in larury- .Lane
My* master was so kind to me^ my'raistress was the sane;
Along eame a sailor ashore on liberty9
And Oh3 to. my woe? he took liberty on me^
Singing ^Bell bottomed trousers^ coats of navy blue.
Let him. ciitib the rigging like hi^ d2-ddy used to do.
He asked me for a kerchief to tie around his head^.
He aslsed me foi a candle to light his way to bed;
And 1^ like a sillf fool, not inemiing any harm,
1 jumped into the sailers bed to keep the sailer warn^
He said he *was no Samson but he really went to town..
He hugged me on the bed nntil my blue eyes turned to brown<,
Then early ia the norning,- before the break of day.,.
A five pound nete he ga.*^e ne^ and this to me did sty/:
y/:t/be ycu 11 la^c a f^jhhat, r.:rybe you'll ba,vc a son;
i^k^ !;i\is,, oh r-y darlir.g for the damag- 1 h^ve cone;
'(f you have 3. <:anghtMi:. daff hrr on. yr-t^t hnee,
And if ycu hav€ ^ so:^. send the bastard off to ser?,
fhj r*o.-^l of tlis sjory is plalr as plain CM 3iM
Uevez "cti r sailor (jet au ir.eh above youtr kree,
t ^rrstcd one ence a:id he put off to sea
'rl left -i.e ::i!h r dp.":ghL;ir to dr.ff uper. nv hncc,
DO YOUR BALLS HAN GL^J
h :;b;h3 young ran
1 ^ t ^.1 'c f'.r.d a cir"
< ^- IcT^y hci.giiL^ cf uulf:-,
- ^^?.i^ of old G^t^jLlley
" ^ '""'^ do^b?'c sbraffle
Do your balia ha^^ l^j
Do th^^ wobble to anf ^rro,
Ca.n yen tie then t?) ? ^nr-^
Can you tl? t:hem in . !'.y..
Can you &hrc\; tlm.! o.c. ycti) sir.cule.e:-:
Lihe a ecnUne^ttl G<:^i.rr?
IfyCijrcail.s L*o. r., l^.y
y^ Hr* RA yor^: DBf, At*
T^ ra ?*a B^^cn d^r ?.ye
IlaYre /on ]ir-d yours today?
I had u:'-?:e y^s'b-rday^
Td?.t*,^ v-h/ X i,-;alk this way.

XI SONGS THAT CI^I-Fr NOT TO BE S'UNG
ITB^ BIG I-'frmBI, (SGRAIR) Gershon I^gman^ a prominent folklorist, has tMs
to say about the 3ong: 'Ter^ps the uogt typical of the recent American
^ongs is ''Th3 Grcr.t 7fr^el.'-* ?, gruesome story chanted solemnly to the hymn-
tune "0 Mxsfetp Let Me Walh With Thee/' in which th3 husband of the wonan
xho 'Never could ever be satisfied* builds a gigantic mechanj.cal-^uccedane^im
for hei\ uith all sorts of Detroit style attachments^ tjMch most certainly
does satisfy h-aro.^.and this whole sorcerer*s apprentice tale ends dread-
fally in ^ fecal explosion^ which can Diost conveniently be described in
psychoanalytic terns as an anal-sadistic substitute orgasm in which the
r^chine agencies its impotent creator by tearing the woman to hits^
The tune which the editors learned is different from the one Legman
'r^ntiens; and it should be s,ung rather belligerently instead of chanted^
THL RING DANG DOG (SCRAIR, BS3RB) This song is heard in two main versions
todayc In one 3 sung by Oscar Brandy the poor deceived young maiden is sent
frcci the house to en!:er the oldest profession* She is so successful in thi^
;hat she inflarna^ the whole army and navy with passion and chancre. In the
^ther version,? of which this is an example? ahe is herself done in by one
soldier t^ho was !:oo much for her—but her ring d<ang doo li^es on<,
The melody for this is a variant of 'The Glendy Bur^e^ b^t there is
-'r/ider.ce that this song predates the^Glendy Burke" by at least' half a Century.
C-QL'GMBO One of the best known songs of the backroom -drinking session is
'"'Oolnmbo''* or 'The Good Ship "Venus." It has practically no plats so the
^irger can choose any of the hundreds of verses he wishes <, The song h3,s a
treuendous pool of verses to choose from^- and more are being added all
the tiixe., One of the more inspired variants begins:
Oa the sailors looked and looked and looked
For geishas and for sa,!te,
And almost gave up looking
Wh-sn they came to Nagasaki.
J-.-r '7-^.is hLra are collected frcTi many sources^ Some are quite new?
.avi La ^or.:e i^.y h;rve been sung by the crow that brought the pox back f ron
Europe,,
X:^rX?ZAUjM (SG1A1R, GL, CBB 111) This is a parody of a stage song written
i:i 1365 r.hc-ut K^foozalua^ a beautiful Muslim girl in love with an unbeliever.,
"lie o.rlglnal so^.g is quite forgotten; however^ its parody is still alive
-r..c. is getting livelier as the years go on<>
THE BALL OF BALLYNOCR A constantly requested number^ this song of Scottish
origin? kno^m there as the "Ball of Kerriemuir/' has since been adopted as
?J tit cf patriotic nostalgia by all the third-generation immigrants who hare
'their hearts in the Highlands^ By the tine it reached the ears of the
-^qg.tors it ho,d been filtered through many rows of close-packed university
'.^tu'^ntSp so the reader may infer that all the verses are not in the
original Scots.

TUB WINNIPEG m(HE (S(RA,IR, BSBRB^ (BB III) ^ One version is from Texas^
another ia from California and froni all reportsy the other 48 states are.
doing fine3 toe. The Chippeway River goes nowhere near the city of Win-
nipeg^ however^ this do-ean^t throw much doubt on the rest of the facts of
the story9 It is such a common one that Oscar Brand was prompted to write
this additional verse as advice to all future travelers:
In Winnipeg I learned my lesson^
I learned it good 'cause I learned it there.
If yon gotta visit a Winnipeg whore g, hoysp
Better make sure that you visit her bare a
O'RElLHnrs DAUGHTER (SCRAIR, BSBRB^ ?G) This is also known as ^Ojie-Eyed
Reilleyy" and "One-Ball ReiiLsry.*? It has many different versions,, seme
even suitable for ladies^aid tea socials-^howevers the singer might do
well to pick his ladies^aid society carefully.
The song appeared in broadside collections at least a hundred years ago.^
and N&s probably, of reasonable age even thena As is often the ca^e^. the
nonaenss chorus is one of the most signifigant parts of the songn
In 1\S. Eliot^s play^ The Cocktail Party^ one of the characters cones -
on stage and sings one verse"o?^thi$"songJ Sc^se scholars believe that
this aong may be the Isey to the play^ just as the comic song ^PiimeggLn^s
Wake" motivates Joyce's boo^ In the interest of promoting T*S^ Bliot
scholarship p we present this -song for use as a supplement to the play a
' Tim GIRLS PROM BYANS HALL <S<RAIRy ORB III) The origin of the^e girls
changes from campus to campus^ but their habits never do* As the eld saw .
has itg "A girl fron any other hall wauld^." S(RAIR gives two versions.
"Girls from PCCp" and "Girls Prom Sidney/' the la,s? being a W^ II product.
TPE LEE3-GH VALLBY This is a. typica.1 ba,wdy hobo songp carried from state to
^tate by the migrant workers^ It is qttite %^idely kno^m even if it never
.gets in the record catalogues. It features a sly change of pace and some
rather startling imagery; none quite so startling a.s the first verse^
pcrhapsa The fifth verse is sometimes aung?
Along cane a city slickerp
So handsomey clean and rich^
He stole away my Nellie^
That Stinking son of a. bitchy
TfRBB pmo^S OP WINNIPEG According to folksorist Guthrie Meade, this hoary
t?.le of the three ladies who swapped fish stories' about the aise of their -
organs ia one of the few bawdy songs which can rival the *Sea Crair in age„
l&ST NIGRf I STA'yBD AT H^m This comparatively recent song wa^ learned in
1956 in Pasadena from the Crud Alley.Quartet. It is a sociological commentary
on the result of frustration induced by the siddle cl^ss mores of the 20th
csntury American society. It is, usually sung when it would be more frustrating
to even attempt to pronounce "sociological*" The tune is'Tuniculi,, Punicula."

THE SIXTY NINE CCMBS DOMN THE TRACK . We ha^e allowed ourselves the luxury
of including only t%vo songs trading upon the mysterious number. The verses
of this onep being essentially rhymed, couplets a are by no means exclu^rve
to this song? and it should be easy for the singer to improvise his t^n—
so folk songs ate born<,
CHtSHOtM TRAIL (KLy GL) The chorus of this parody was learned in high
schoolp but the informant couldn*t remember any of the words (which didn^t
stop him from singing the song*) It has always been our opinion that
cowboy songs were just a little bit one hundred percent red-blooded American
to be true 3 and perhaps the collectors have been trying to protect us from
-our heritage. This version has the dubious distinction thatg once an editor
starts wielding the blue-nose pencil^ not even the chorus will remain.
SHOVE IT HCMR (GL) Tills is descended from a sea, shanty § used for pumping
ships which had a chorus3 'Tut Your shoulder next to mine and pump away^'
The tune in both ca.ses is almost identicals This is almost certainly the
ancestor of the popular'!?#J 11 songp 'Roll Me O^er In the Clover9" both
tejrtnally and melodically.

THE BIG WHEEL
A sailor told me befote he died
And 1 never knew if the bastard lied
Th^t be had a bride with a cunt so wide^
The poor girl eouldn^t be satisfied^
Satisfied^, satisfied,
Trie poor girl couMa't be satisfied.
So he fashioned a great prich out of
- J ^'as&ened it to a fucking beg wheel.,
_Tr? tells cf brass %vere filled :--.ith
(:reR.mp
/..-I ^^5 :diole funking issue "iees ?:un by
.- reaih,
. "'. ry sheen, run by steam,
-— --note bucking issue was run be
So round and round went the iuelctng big ,
\vheel
And in and out went the great ptiek of
steely
Till at laat she cried with a happy squeal,
t'Oh tarry a while, l^ve !r^d ny fill A'
Had ny fill, had ?iy fill^,
Tarry r ?;Ml€ l"ve had H, f ^-L^
But the s^ddfj^ Lhi^ c3^^c:e M --
Was that: there %:^s ro ste^j-- \; t^
Till at Jan', she split f*cn r.,,^ ^ r .
And Lhe ^hofe T.c^:^ *.2 ts^:e ,,? ' -^ " "*
shit,.
Up in shi^ *ep in shit^
The v^iole fnehing issne :yre; u_ *- s'--t..
THB RING DANG DCO
. Ji:*y( leo-. ^he*; As the^
e-*\d fr^'ry lixe a p^issv cr/y
e y-y'* ';hcy tall the Renj l:\rg Tor
, ^- -! \*^^ yourj ^;id in tiy ceens^

^ ^ g^t ir ?Ie:f Orleans,
' . i LS i<^rej; r-.nd pretty to(*,,
<th' ,^^tid she ?^td P Ri^^ D^^. Jce

^ ^" :e:^ yiyl; e. hrighJ; yc::::^ nrid
", --,- ^<j^c -;-ig sere ^::a-e
, "" j ^)fe ^o^nin^ i/ith j. fecLine re*^
^-y:e %;n.a a s^rarge: i:i h^; hir^
l^^o
' ' 'e * ^*t.cd fut^i Out A^e h^"1
So she ren!; to to:<:e. to b^en^* r \^ -^ - ,
And ta-::hed ihls sign t:pen t-'\e :re-- ,-
^*A doll?^ etr ini ^id t h:: e r f e^ *- r ^
The e,::rey cer/.e and the n^v/ ,-: e
The t'^lce !*.eiiA dci/ri Lc fAy -..-^"^L's.
Still they cr-re to get Ai?A" :^.r. ;
He had the elry e.^d the s:rer. ,-^e^ "A^-
He had the .yyph arid the hiee ?rj*^J'.e t"".*j
well,-
The*^ heelee it neeth thi evee.^^
All the lAAijA's horses end e. 11 tjv Axnghs- men
Eat shiti

A Most Ancient Sp'-ag Governing
the Voyage of the famous Christopher OoltssAms
A T^le iold in VI Patt^
Patt the Firsts In whMh it is explained how th^a %^oyage came about and how
the Queen of Spain tearfully bade goodbye $ Colombo^ parting
worda- to the Queen.
X:-: fc-mrt^en hundred nir-3ty one
A ,^b f r^n eM Italy
*r.:n -rr^i/brlnp tbrougl^ the streets of Spain
/bid pissing in the alley.
11a SK*mng b!.^ baila a^^und-e^
Y/ny neatly touched the g^o^nd^u^
Tb^t nastmrMid^g ^ fornicating
*]na^:^f-&^blteb<, C^l^^bo*
In fourteen hinged-, ninety twe
The e^pedlti^n started^
Q^een Isabel^' she cried libe ha 11^
Colusb^ only farted^
AMa^^d the go^d ship Yenns ^.
By (Sodp you sbeuid ha.^fe seen na.
The fign^ehead^ a whete in 'bed^
'Tbe 'm^at a thr ebbing peiais^
i^t.b: th^ Secn?^c$ In tAten re les:^n m^te -of the b^ra^e essplo^et^ Cobmb?3^
J^b,rb^ paeed np^n the de^Is
lib ?^ia^j it w.3,s hJ.s dnty^
??-^ b5.1d bia "fha.3f, into bia b^nd
A.; i e^tJbjys ^n Cf lumb^^s sM,p
. " ' ^i^e^ a ]ytddeb pcrtbtile^
C^I-umb^ Md'..^, ene^eyed'cat
He &ept it in-tba eabln^
Ha srnbbad it a ^s^ %?itb ^gla grease
And started in n jabbifig^
Golinnbo ba.d a. eabin My..^
That di3:ty'little yiippef!
They iined Me aas with prober. gi^gs
F^d eit^mnel^ed tM sbippe-r.r,
b!:-;t ^:br: Thirds in *%fbbcb we ^.re Antrcdneed to the crew ^f th-.? ^enap, and le^-^i
b, *j bl7C^ blX iHb^ 3* b^'Otb^I%f

^ b^ ^jL^e^'e-^ bis ti.^cb bt-br^C'?, *bvo ro^br
A tery m^ic3.1 fa?rte^;
lie etuid ibrt anything fbci*. Gcd 3try^ the Eb ,
To Bce!:hoi?en^a MoMligbb S^:^b3.u
The boba^^ nate fell ^etbe^ttb
-The sbatbg^ did lea^-and fsedic^
Him.they a.te with reHsb great .
But shott^ died of colic.
-Y--t ^be fou::th^ eo^eem:big wbat the sailord did :fer raeteatios and bcw it
eaia-3 ^bout tb^t C-^lnnbo'^s d^ighter was lo'^t at sea,_ a,nd i^bat
beb&±^ of he:r^ *
' . \
?I-i abipper^s daughter Habel

^iey fucbed %^hen they w^re €!,ble^
'^ey *-;a€-&ad. bet tit&^ those hnmaly gblts^
-^?ht to'tbe galley- table ^
The sblpper ^.a' othe^' daughter
They threw'into the wat€^r^
delighted sqtie^la revealed the ea^s
!-Mdfoimd.ber.aam^iqn^rter^

Part the Fifth? in which the New World ig at la^t discwered; and how the
aailerg e^pregged their jey .at_ finding; eiviliza-tien^
peg forty days and forty nights
They sailed the broad Atlantic.
Colombo and his l&M^y erew
For want of a pieee were frantie^
They spied a. %vhore t^en tiie shore
'And off ea,me ahirt^ and eallars^.
In twenty ^minntes by the ^loek
She^d 53kde ten theugaad dollars^
With joyful about they ran about
< And'practiced formication^
^^han they sailed ^ they left behind
Ten times the populations -
And when M$ men polled out a,gai^
To ta,ba the home%^rd toinr ^-^
They^d eaught the pt^ from e^ery box
Tha,t ^ypMHsed all Enr^pe^
Part the Sixth? In which Columto at la^t returns tu Spain^ and h^F M <^liiFer^
his pltmder to the Qt^een^ and the sad fate he 'gets for a^- dei'Bg^
Celtimbo want in h&ste ta the Qneen
Bsca^ae it was' Ms daty^
Ha ga^a to her- a. dose ^f elap;
Ha h^d no other booty^
So they threw his in a &tinM.ng jail
And left bin, there to grumble^
A b^il^and chain tied to hia ball^—
So ended p^r Colombo
So e^d^ the tale..
&tPOOZARM '
In Dldea daya tMre lived a. maid whe used to ply a thrifty trade^
A pr^stitnta ^f ill. repute^ t!^ Harlot of Jarna^lem
I&^ Mg UnfQ^s^lna^ the ^!arl^t ^f Jer^aalem^
Progtitnte ^f ill fapnte, the ds,t^ghter ^f tha R^bbi*
She wa$ a wily witeh^ a w^rty %€hore^ a br^^an biteh.

^d every deng it got the itch^ that 'dangled*in Saf^o^altns^
Nearby tMr^e lived a bastard tall with prie^- so.Mrd eould break a wally
^T;^.a r^mted he .had ridden ^11 the harlota of Jetng^le!:^

^Me day returning f r€-i$ a ^pree ^ a high and' inighty jubilee ^
Eafcosaltm ha elmneed te ^ae. passing thrn Jerua^len^
With nmny a nod and glancing 1^-ok she* led Mm to a nearby brook
And frcm M^ bulging pa.nt6 ahe' toeh the pride of all Jer^salc^
She too^ his pride'^d,th ^i^i to please and rubbed it gently twi:%t her 5rnees^
TM bastard s^hc^ered all the tree^ and drowned ^nt Mlf Jernsalai:^
The aer^^of^a^bithe tyaa undarsl^ng. ha ^ssed her hole and hit her Mmg^
And dro-ve hia d^ng into hat dtmg^ down.by Jerugs,lem<:.
Nuw Kaf^o-^alnm^ she &new bar part^ ahe cocked her aa& and let a fart^.
And blew tha,t bastard like & d^rtg' Mgh o^er Jerua^iem^
And there he 3^y^ a broken ma.aa„,his.e^ek all filled with ^hit mid gaa^
^Jhile B:a.fo^salum she wiped bar 'ag^'^ll ever J^rnsale^

' TUB BALL. OP BALMNOCR
0h% the ba^l^' , .
,
The Ball of DaJ.iyneo^^
VJhere your wife ^nd my' wife
Wetc ^ucMag ^oa the -flaws
Siagiog^^^h^^H d& ye ^^:t tiuie^
mie^ll db ye nw? . '
The man whp did y^u i^st ^icht a .
He no ca,n gg ye R^^

^^,s a ga,the^ing of- the elansmen
,^d all the -lads were there^
A-felli^g t3p the la.ssie$
ge^e&th the'ptsbie ^iy^
There'sfjaa doing in the parlor^
Deing on the atones ^_
Yon.' ^ouldn^t hear the nmgie,
Pot the %^heeziag and the gre^asa
Tha^^s waa screwing in the,bedroom
3etei^ng bn the atair^
You eo^lgsn gee the ea^p-at
?or the m^a^f _c°nsly Mit^
?i?ai: they did it sisg3le§ -
Then they ttied it he?s and she'^s;
When the h-all t^a o^vey
They urent at.it fi^es and threes^
Thay tried i-g oa the garden pa.th
.V,?d a*Ree ^e^nd the. pas^^
^-ira t-.?,e candles snotte'd out
Tr-rrc- ^lid it it; the datkl,

^:-j J:tr^ 'th^ pte.ac*ber^s %#ife
'^j :ptt?, a^-^S3& te aee
^-""^* rid twenty ^ai^n!iead^
' -^* : j L^ ^ oa the tree a
—- -ij.:-t ir^l in the corner*
'-i, -rrilng to th? g;?^om_
^^ ^/:.^im^ not the re^ti^t
' U;-s e:^teys,nee to the tyonb^
yie ^r^-c\n was .in the^eorne^r^
'^rr.g np M$ tealg-
^'-^ br;;Lde wa,s in'th-e *i^eb<x^.
*-" ptrhrate pasrta -to cotil^

^"st ia,dy <nfer^
y^;::d lady fro^t,-

^i?d lady ^ a finget
'*& tbc -fourth iady*^ cmit^
: Tha sdhb§imastet ^ *he tyas there p
'Guii^g. at it seme^
Pigii^in^, out by algebra
The .time that he wtald Mme<>
The cMnmey sweeper^ he wna thete^
. Of that there, waa no- deet;
Tretty s^m he farted
Aad he filled the ^ir with a^ot^
The Deaeon^'a _^wife was standing there
- Her Meh .against the wall^

^Pnt yemr m^ney en the tables^ buys^
" I^n geisg to fnt'g y^n allf
The Patsen^s wife*^,s alao. thete^.
Sitting dewn in^frent^
A ting ef p^siea in het -hair^-
A cartat up her cunt^> -
The letter-carrier g. he .'^ma thef e <?
The po-^^ mnn had the g?^z_^
He eoi^ldn^^ de the l^saie^
S^ he -did the letter bon^
The wiHagu- idi^t^ he '^ja& there ^.
SittMg behind the .h^idg- ' - -
A^neisg his^elf **^y ^maisg' himself
And ca.t€hi-sg the 'dtepa ia his.hand.,
The tillage magician t^^orted ^totnd^.'
Doin^ M-s.^ni$Mng trie&^ .
He polled Ma- fereakin .oyer his hs?,i .
..And vanished int^ his ptiek^
There %?ere-ls.ssieg wi^ the 'syphr.Hs
And-l^^aiea wi^ the pilea?'
An<! lassies wi^ theit assholes
All wfe^thed np in ami lea,*
M .^Phe r ^ on ^ s hs.R^l w^s the^ e* ^.
A^§:iting oet the* clicka^
B^it yo^ eonldna^ hear the nn$ie
Per the swishing o* the prie^a^
fjhen the Ball wa.a ever^
- R^e^y^ne- Mnfesaeds,
The*'musi^ was -enquisite -
' Bnt the. ftis&ing was the hest^

The saga of an em:Iy C:ma,dian risrigrant
I^ly first trip up the Chippe^rry River^
riy fir at trip -to Canadian shores.
\ddere I met a young Hiss C^flannlgan/
r;cmncnly known as the Winnipeg Miore (Rpt^)
*\*-tly says ahc^.I think I know yon,
'<d: yr,c sit upon your knee..
r?'-s ^yon*^ ^, j.j?.rtie lovjin*?
.r'dLrr: and a. aaif is tin- tisrrl fee. (rpt„)
r-. .^\T -t,^ico sne rsc(i )jcr slrri" $
Some ucrc druri: ant^ seme ?:ere sobat ^
Seme t?erf; lying on the floozy,
-1 w%us in the darkest corner,
Throwing the blocks .to tl.^e Nirmiyeg rJir,:,
She was fiddling. 1 v?as diddling,
Didli^t dHOlV %'jha.t ^tirrr ttll rd)Crdr.
Till I hissed r:y :-;?,tcf.. rrrd ird.lrt,
Christ a^igM:y^ X fo-,:rd ort.
M^st hr;;*c beer, a srrrr €r *ir.:j.
Yor:'d Irr-re larydrd t"3 crj-r: y^r.^ :;r'
r ^yyddr^ yy;j^rd.r
t^rr^rr:hy^ . <_,. r ^ tr :. y -r:.ra r.t:r;rd r;- ./: r-r *^ i ''.",:
-\y< c d^r - -:; -/.i i-rr td'd; .r^i-d-: r.d; t^^ it- - ,
idreu 1 vvas sittirr by the fire
Frffin' :r-?^y :,t ny drrfrrita bri^-rr,.
Suddenly I rrd ^ str^/ige def-ir^
fr shrr; (r'Reidtey^s drr.ghter^
Giddy-i-rye, Giddy-i-^ye,
Giddy-i-rrr f^r ry^ die b-&ll Rei.LXey.:
Giddy-i-ay^y Lorm, boom boory,
Try it or- your odd brss d^rti.
11 jr hair ?;as IdtacI: crtd her eyes %7rrc t*d*n
The celcrel rr.d thr Mrjor rr:d tlir Lr trir rr;\tt f ..
I'de dcryrart rrri the yrirr^tc err! ^:ri yrr**-:r^d'y 'r-*
did cf trer^ rr.r.rys-d e-tteillry'a d^yyit^r,
Vfrdtr- irr, iyi?ij -r.r:r. t!*! r-rd: trrt dry
die croridi :.r.jt brt ("djilicyi^ dr*y;ddrr,
drrrr a *-ro:;d r ;;.;:yi -y.- sa^?
r.:t ^Lrn'^t ro*'. ttiri; rre r*i.rdly -i-..r/y;-rry
r^-:rr thj strirs rrd i'rdo '^ed
I sl:-ryrcd rrd siriyyed rati! X srer- ^r-^
Ffri'^r r. trord ti-rt rridrri sr.id,
' jrrt lrry;hr^ lid^ r^ir. till tl:c frr -ri o'/rr,
Suddenly r. fertst3p cd tra drr-r^
dlio srutd^d it be but the ;:-re-brJ.l Redlry.
T?^ horac-y:-if;-toir ia *ris celt
11c -ras in r. fit -rntirely^

.O'RBTLLBT'S DMISSBR (coat.)

^ grabbed O'K^tlley by the ball,
.. .
Shoved his" bestd in ^ pail of wate^
Sho%^d those pistol^ up Ms Btitt
Damn sight further than I ahngged his daughter^
Now all you lasses ^ all ye^ mai^is^
Ansifer now and don^t spea^ shyly-
Would you ha-ve it straight and trne^
Or the tJ^y 1 grye it to tbe One-Ball Reillcy?
m GO TO COIIBSB

^ ;i\;.;!*^t Inr-?e lost it if cnly they

^r*;c3G, it
r ^ r ^^f C^l 1*1"* gttlS 11^ 11 n
jo cajiie^e^ to college ^n- ?r^.
t- ':;;-.- the *yery befRt ctrrbilea. you sea.:
'- a-?c ft cut ,E%-ans Hall
..c L 'i; ^ ' " ^*. s J ' ^
lEHXai ^I,IBY
: -'"-*" -^ ^-/^ "* ^ ^ - /

T!RBB , mCRBg OP MHNIEEG
Theye waM three who^e^' of WinMpeg, -
D^i^kiag ttm blwd-red .wines _ -
C^e whota aaid- te the other^
^Y(nnrs is sma4l€r, .than mise^^
Sb #^.b the dee^Sg ye Mat^rda'^.
Sluice ^amd^ya^dthhfine^
* t&y. te th^ ^aya^ ye lensy whorea.^-
-Yonta ia. smaller than Biix^e^
.^Ypa^f'a a Hare'/ ^^-M the first whore^
%ine ^a-^ a^ -big, as the^ air'^;
Tl-^a. fleet aaila ia and the fleet sails, ant .
'< And ^W3r' tieMe^ a Mir^^
''^o^re; a 31a,t^^ said the" second whM€_^
^Hne^*'a.a big ds the aea^
- Tl^e fleet ^^il^ in and tl^e fleet sail^ o^it .
'And he^er bother me^^ *
'To^^^e a liar^'aa^d the third whore^
' '"Miners th^ Mgg^at .ef-^H.^ '
The fle^t a^ils in en the fiM/t. of Jttne-^
And <^.e^n^t ^<^se out\till fall^'' -
IASF .NI^-!T I STAYED AY HCHB
' '
1-Lnst night I ^ta,yed at h^se ^nd nnatnrMted^
"t felt se g^edg I &new it wuldc -
?^st s^ght I-stayed at heme a=nd ^t^sturbated^
"t felt so nieeg I ^!id it twiee<,
Uon should ha^e s^an me en the ah%$tt strole^
ft felt s^ gy^ad^ X tised ^y.haMo

^*.iu ahtmld hav# a^ea- ^e en the long at2r^e ^
;i? felt eo naat^ 1 ^aed ^y feet a
S3H2,sh it,^ ba,sh it^ . *
Slast it on the f le^r^
Wfap it ''arenM the-'bedpost .^
Cram it in the dt^-r%
N^^ ±he.re are some wtm ss.y
TMt ae::nal inteye<n!:^ge isgxraat^
But 'for is^itgns satiafacties ' - -
I "prefer, to ^aat^-rhaie.
- THE sinrr^sE cass Da# -n-iE ^mA(x
(ttrna? Whan;Jbh^^y C^s^es Marching H^me)
The si^ty^Li3a ^e^es. .d6?m tha ttdeis^
She.biw^ ahe hlcwa^
The aixty-nine uomes db^n the tracks
3ba blewa^ she blows ^
Th^ si^y-Bine corner do^a the tsraen:^
Blotra halfway heya and h^lf:f^y'*hact^
6^ie blows § ahe hlo^i^^
The ^on-ef^a,-biteh^ she ble^Se
The eng$.neer ig at the tMottle^
Sefe^ng hit^elf with a. ^i^&ey hettle^
The fi^e^an' a$t ^t^ the hanch^
A&?.d tightened hia nnta -with a. nm^ey wrench a
Lady in the gluing e^tp
Sereffing hetae3,f tdth a. Mg eigar^
(^a&e 'np' the ne^t one youtself^)*

Q-ESH0B4.TRAIL ,

^addl^d old B^lHa and ^a^d fot the hetd^*
He * threw Bte ^f f is a f g*eah cm-^tntdc
G<mna tie my peebet .to a tree^ to a. tr^.e^
G^tma tie'my peeket to,^ tgree*
I %^s eoming dt^wn the mountain by the* eid €UW^tr&il^
With- my pa^et in tay hand a^d a heifer by the .tail*
The iiair <m bet h^d %^ms^ a piss-bthmi eoler
And the etaba en her ass waa a, f Peking one another $
I jtMped f^'em the,saddle and tiira%€ her in the grass^.
. An4 ptgspad ^alva-tion up her ditty*rotten aas.* *
It^a damn fine doings but I ran- it't^o €lo§e
And 1 %^o^d t^ with a hell of a dose a
I-was in bed.,s.bs weaba before they tmm^d sie ^e^.e$' '
Seaki?3g my cee& in iobaeco jid.ee <,
I^at-time I a^w the bosa^ "baven^t aeen bin si^ee^
He w^-3 screwing a eew thru a barb^%^ire fence^,,.
Aad *n^y^ ?ay song is endedg I can ^ing- ycu s^ mute^
Thete^g an a^pla in my a^a^ and yon ea^ M^re, the *eota,a'
I ga'iFe her iMbeg one^
Sb&vo it ho^e^ show^ it hom^
1-ga^e hat ineMs ^ne^*
Shdve it b-omeg,
1^ gsrrc bey ineMs o^.e^-;
Sba said "Johnny9 ain^t it fn.n^
Ptit-y^ur belly eiose to site
A^d ghe-?;e it "b-i^ne\^...
_ X gaye .be^ iaehes t;Wp
Sb^'ssldg "jcb^ny^ I lo^e yeu^'-
I gs,^e her inphe^ .three ^ ,-
She s^id^ "Johnny^ 1 got -to pee<>'?
1 ga.*ve he?: inches four^
She saye^ ^Jpbany^ I'want mo^e^^
1 gave her inehe^ fi^e^
She &ays^ ^Jqbnny^ IcoM alive ^^
t gn%^e bet iaebag ^i:t^
She s^y-ag "I^ve aaen bigger prie'sa^-
I ga%?-e hat incbeg sevan^ - .
I gs^e her inebes eigM^
I g^je bar inches .nine^
I ga.*we bef inches ten^
Sbe says*^ 'iCa-x^t you ecme ^gain?"
I ga^e he^ inebeg twenty.^
She a^y^g ^Jobmiy^ tbai'^s ^-p^nty^,
Pni your packer in yotir prints
- And aluwe off bene a".

oi-.?n in Cm-it v'3j,.leyp wheire red tlv^rs floi-f^
'Ttna tltere I ixei Lulu.^ tha gal I adore;

he^s d^tt^, ahe^s filtlw^ ^'h-e^ll fue^ In the street^
Whene^ar yeu meet her^ ahe*s always in heat
She'll ftn± for a quarter^ tal^e less^ t-^ke more^
She^s a hard-fusing9 c<5cks^e^ing Me^sican whore.

The following bibliography and discography should not be considered
a complete list of all the published versions of these songs. It is
rather an aekncwledga^nent of our particular sources 9 together with the
abbreviations given in the text for the most frequently used yerferences.
Most of the songs in this book are collated from several,sources^
written^ oral^ and recorded^ Since there are very strict limits on how far
one can go in print or on record^ it goes without"saying that much of the
material in this volume must be^ by its very nature^ transmitted only orally.
With each song %e have prepared notes which include the written and
recorded sources; %ve have included only the sources which might be available
in libraries or in private collections. The oral sources have beel left out
purposely—they are none of the reader^ businesse If he wants an oral
'sourcOy he should find himself a partyp sing part of the first ^erse^ and say^
*'" "Does anyone kncv/ the rest of this song?'? If it doesn^t workp he is merely
at the wrong party—try next doors
T)Yic?,l Speci^yjrns of Yttlge^ Polkloro from the collection of
Cershon Yo^r^^r^T^ed^MsJ by KenneYh Larson^ Salt l^.he City, 1932 GL
Pron tho f'olkj-ore Archives3 Indiana University.
R^^ly^Yd Folklore of Southeastern Idaho Typed MS by Kenneth Larson^ Kit
^rJ,t L^he^C;f^yJ^Y9F2. From the InoianeJ Uni%-ersity Polhlore Archives.
Sc:—r.n of ^-^IP-t JEt^ Z^l Repute Mimeographed songbooRg compiled S(RAYR
a^ Col Tecr^ Pocadena^ 1938
Titles Projn the So^jon Seas Stan Hugill Button3 1958 SS
Y:;;Lrh street Dolla.ds Colr,iG^Lo^hlalnn Citadel Press, 1960 ISB
?rit 1 ^^'LP? ^AA^ 12 F^-2. ^1^.^^9..1.y Edited originally by PB
Ilazry pLryford, vyith ouhoequent additions by Thomas B^Urfey* 1719
i;o^'r/ o.uscc of Cj^ledcria Robert D^ras Bnrng; Federation^ 1911^
?Fo^tc:rfpuhllc^cf'eo. 1300.
\Lujdy S.'r-;o and o^ohrocrt Hall^lr. C^e^r Brand Dorchester Proas,. 1960 BSSR3
!^d, 0^0(^1 ?trr..irie T. ?l3?.dc J.iidweat Folklore, 1938, vol VII, No. 2.
:loH -\^s of ^^f-^r^ ^rf^4^^- --^"^^Y Thomas Peroy^ 1812
Mrv-j Peltl irbis l!o:^}ll.[g P^l Oliver^ Cassoll^ .London, 1960 . * BP
;?o:^:ooooJ. Choioo E^on HacCollp Hargail Music Press

PC
The DossJ_ Songbook
Son^ My Mother Ney^r Taught Me J.J. Nilesg D.S. Mooreg A.A. Wallgren
Moe?LulAyg 1929, ^ -— - - — -

DISCO(HUU?HY
Bawdy ^on^s t^nd B^to^n Ballads Yt)l 1^ II g 111 3 IF.-

-^^'^ ?^y^
cSc^r ErandJ ^ -,-^ V , - Audio -Fidelity , "J-g ^-^\
Every Inch a Sailer Oscar Brandy Elecira Records

BIS
!3?fR RiUlHEH, ^S. 15 Flowex Vol I, 11, III, IV Bd MeGnrdy, Slecra DIP .
Son of Dalliance Ed McCurdy Blectra,

SCD.
Marty Myses^ ^ h^r'^'E^ Paul Clayton^ Electta

f#!
Unholy Ma.tri^ny Paul Clayton Elecra

DM
Se^ts Drinking Sengs Ewan MacColl Riverside

SDS
BloWp Bo%y^ pI'Sl Ewan MaeColl and A.L, Lloyd

BB3
Deadpelly Kemori^il liuddie Ledbettei'g gtinson

1M
Sonny T$tfX Sonny Terry^ Riverside

ST
IrislT D^I^ing, Son.^a Patrick Galvin Riverside

IDS

^-&if^a gl±igi §,E^g^ ^^*- Lloyd Riverside

BS3'