Jerry's Account of a Junket

DESCRIPTION: "Did y'ever go to a 'Junket,' A thing very common of late.... Then the boys and the girls meet together...." The poem describes the music and the games they play, and describes how very late it runs as the young people court
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1825 (Lincoln _Intelligencer_, according to Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster)
KEYWORDS: party courting music dancing nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Flanders/Ballard/Brown/Barry-NewGreenMountainSongster pp. 265-269, "Jerry's Account of a Junket" (1 text)
ST FlNG265 (Partial)
File: FlNG265

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