Fucking Machine, The

DESCRIPTION: A sailor/airman/engineer marries a sexually insatiable woman, and builds a machine to service her. He cannot stop the machine, which continues to function until the woman is killed and the machine destroys itself.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: bawdy sex wife husband death technology
FOUND IN: Australia Canada Britain(England) US(MW,SW) New Zealand
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Cray-EroticMuse, pp. 392-394, "The Fucking Machine" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, "The Great Wheel" (1 text, 1 tune)
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 143, "The Engineer's Dream" (1 text)
DT, GRTWHEEL*
Roud #10237
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Bloody Wheel
The Bloody Great Wheel
The Great Bloody Wheel
NOTES [10 words]: Most often set to the familiar hymn tune "Old Hundred." - EC
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File: EM392

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