Boris, Boris

DESCRIPTION: "Boris was a gentleman In the Tsar's regime... Boris had a lady fair... And ev'ry night she'd wake in fright, And this is what she'd scream: Boris, Boris, save me, save me." He sags in the middle and rides a horse. He dies and leaves his beard to the girl
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2014 (Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs); Digital Tradition gives a date c. 1953
KEYWORDS: love hair horse wordplay campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 129, 414, "Boris" (notes plus a partial text on p. 129)
DT, BORSBORS
File: ACSF129B

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