Goblins in the Churchyard

DESCRIPTION: "I went down to the Rose and Crown stopped there till I got tight"; he wanders home through the churchyard, where he sees half a dozen ghosts fight, argue, and complain. The singer falls asleep; he is sentenced for being drunk in the churchyard
AUTHOR: M. Cavanagh / Walter Hastings (source:FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1888 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: humorous drink ghost crime prison | graveyard
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #30, "The Ghost Song" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Goblins in the churchyard"
Roud #10700
File: Hows030

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