Best Bed's a Feather Bed

DESCRIPTION: The best bed's a feather bed but the best bed in our house is "clean pease straw." That's dirty and will make a gown dirty. "Never mind my bonny lass Just lay the cushion down"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1978 (Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
KEYWORDS: sex nonballad clothes
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West),Scotland(Bord))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 43, "Best Bed's a Feather Bed" (1 text, 1 tune)
Palmer-SongsOfTheMidlands, p. 21, "The Best Bed" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1123
File: OpGa043

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