Woman Belly Full o' Hair

DESCRIPTION: Alternate lines are a chorus:" See me daddy-o." "A woman belly full o' hair I see it when I went in there ... hurrah for de golden." "If you want to see a monkey dance ... broke a pepper in 'e ass ... monkey trick ... Broke a pepper 'pon the prick."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Abrahams-DeepTheWaterShallowTheShore)
KEYWORDS: sex bawdy shanty animal
FOUND IN: West Indies(Nevis)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abrahams-DeepTheWaterShallowTheShore, pp. 51-52, "Woman Belly Full o' Hair" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [62 words]: Abrahams writes about women's reaction to obscenity in men's shanties: "Once, while collecting in Newcastle, the men began singing a song that began 'Castle girls have dirty bloomers,' and the women within hearing wouldn't allow the singing to proceed. However, the next song that came along was the following ['Woman Belly Full o' Hair'], which they enjoyed heartily." - BS
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File: AWIS051

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