Let's Have a Party

DESCRIPTION: "We're gonna tear down the bar in this town. Booo! We're gonna build a new bar. Hurray!" The reciter alternates "bad" news ("The barmaids will wear long dresses") with "good" news (the dresses are "made of celliphane"). The men get much alcohol and women
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: recitation party drink sex clothes drugs talltale
FOUND IN: Canada Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 19, "Let's Have a Party" (1 text)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 68, "(We're going to build a house... boo!") (1 text)
Roud #29413
File: Hopk019B

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