An Bothar O Thuaidh

DESCRIPTION: Macaronic. A woman "would milk her cow in the tail of her gown And drink it out of a saucepan,""Monkey here and monkey there," and similar nonsense.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage nonballad nonsense animal
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 14, "An Bothar O Thuaidh" (2 texts)
NOTES [18 words]: The description follows the English verses of the macaronic OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin text. - BS
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File: OCC014

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