Young Men They'll Dress Up, The

DESCRIPTION: Young men court till midnight and "sleep in the barn" when the girls would have them go home. The singer would stay single: "no woman for to bawl and no children to squall, How happy is the young man that's got none at all"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Owens-TexasFolkSongs-2ed)
KEYWORDS: courting nonballad baby bachelor rake
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Owens-TexasFolkSongs-2ed, p. 115, "The Young Men They'll Dress Up" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Ow2E115

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