Baby Boy, The

DESCRIPTION: "Down to Betsy Taylor's house merrily we filed, Where the baby boy was born, what a lovely child." Someone steals the gifts to buy beer. The preacher objects when they want to name the boy "Betsy." They can't pay anyway. "And we all went rolling home"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: baby mother humorous drink money clergy
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #107, "The Baby Boy" (1 text)
Roud #10730
File: Hows107

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