Roving Jack the Baker

DESCRIPTION: Roving Jack the baker returns from war with a good pension. He meets a girl with 15 pounds of her own. He courts her with lies to get her money. He promises to marry her but hopes not to. He makes her drunk, takes her to bed, steals her money, and leaves.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1989 (Leyden-BelfastCityOfSong)
KEYWORDS: greed courting sex lie theft drink rake
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Leyden-BelfastCityOfSong 32, "Roving Jack the Baker" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Merrily Kiss the Quaker" (tune, per Leyden-BelfastCityOfSong)
cf. "Gold Watch [Laws K41]" (plot, with sex roles reversed) and references there
File: Leyd032

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