Baptists, The

DESCRIPTION: "There came to us a patron saint, His name was Mr. Gordon.... He saw that we were all astray, And he came here to guide us... To be dipped! To be dipped! In Ebenezer's mill pond." Their fathers may take the girls to his church, but they prefer young men
AUTHOR: Larry Gorman (1846-1917)
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (Ives-LarryGorman)
KEYWORDS: clergy rejection humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-LarryGorman, pp. 38-39, 190, "The Baptists" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #25118
File: LaGoBapt

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