Bonny Lass, A Happy Lass, A

DESCRIPTION: "A bonny lass, a happy lass, On one rainy day, I took my true love by the hand And led her far astray." The girl offers to let him do it again, "But baldy he won't stand." Grandma said that a young girl's maidenhead "would bring the dead to life."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (recording, Bascom Lamar Lunsford)
KEYWORDS: bawdy sex virginity
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Grimes-StoriesFromTheAnneGrimesCollection, p. 107, "A Bonny Lass, A Happy Lass" (1 text)
File: Grim107

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