Priest and the Nuns, The

DESCRIPTION: Pumping Shanty. A priest goes to France and finds seven nuns lying sick in the convent yard. He claims to be a doctor with a cane/stick that will cure them. He treats all the nuns and says he'll call again. choruses of "Ho, ho ho" and "Hal-ler-al-le-re."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1945 (Harlow-ChantyingAboardAmericanShips)
KEYWORDS: shanty bawdy clergy trick
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harlow-ChantyingAboardAmericanShips, pp. 166-167, "The Priest and the Nuns" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9146
NOTES [47 words]: The pattern of text and choruses is reminiscent of "Able Brown the Sailor" even though the words are completely different and for a shanty, rather tame. Harlow-ChantyingAboardAmericanShips gives no notes or history on this, though it would be easy to imagine much coarser versions. - SL
File: Harl166

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