Mary's Ass

DESCRIPTION: The singer mentions Mary, "a beautiful lass, And the song I will sing is about Mary's ass." She rode the beast, a gift from her uncle, regularly. At last it falls, knocking Mary off, and dies. It is buried, and the bad smell from the Ass Hole described
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968
KEYWORDS: bawdy humorous animal
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, pp. 158-159, "Mary's Ass" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3351
File: MA158

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