Old Black Bull, The

DESCRIPTION: "The old black bull came down from the mountain, Euston, Dan Euston, The old black bull... A long time ago." "There were six fine heifers in the pasture grazing." The bull gets all worked up, but (he fails?) and goes back to the mountain, head hung low
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang)
KEYWORDS: animal derivative travel
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 44, "The Old Black Bull" (1 text)
Roud #10554
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Old Gray Mare (I) (The Old Gray Horse; The Little Black Bull)" (form; probably also tune)
cf. "The Big Black Bull" (lyrics, form, theme)
NOTES [32 words]: I would be inclined to lump "The Big Black Bull" (explicitly bawdy) and "The Old Black Bull" (same plot and form, but not as dirty) as one song, but I've followed Roud in splitting them. - RBW
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