Sow Pig, The

DESCRIPTION: John Walker takes the "Lough Swilly Line" to Derry and buys a pig. He takes her to Marshall's to be serviced. A great crowd watches the heroic proceedings. "But all ended well and for in a short time The sow she produced a fine litter of nine"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1988 (McBride-FlowerOfDunaffHillAndMoreTradSongsInnishowen)
KEYWORDS: sex humorous moniker animal
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
McBride-FlowerOfDunaffHillAndMoreTradSongsInnishowen 66, "The Sow Pig" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [26 words]: McBride-FlowerOfDunaffHillAndMoreTradSongsInnishowen: "This song was composed locally in the Burnfoot area of Inishowen at the beginning of the century." - BS
File: McB1066

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