Johnston Mooney and O'Brien

DESCRIPTION: "Johnston Mooney and O'Brien Bought a horse for one and nine. When the horse began to kick, Johnson Mooney bought a stick. When the stick began to wear, Johnston Mooney began to swear...." Eventually he ends up in hell
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: horse commerce Hell
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 67, "(Johnston Mooney and O'Brien)" (1 text)
Roud #19250
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Nebuchadnezzar's Wife" (form)
NOTES [38 words]: Roud lumps this with "Nebuchadnezzar's Wife." The theme is similar (including ending up in hell in some versions), but so many lines are different that I would consider it to be, or at least to have become, a separate song. - RBW
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File: ABBI067A

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