Sweet Kitty (I)

DESCRIPTION: "As (I/Peggy/Kitty/He) was riding one day," the squire and Kitty meet. He offers her twenty guineas to sleep with him. She agrees, then cuddles him until he falls asleep. She steals his money. When he seeks her, he doesn't even recognize her
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Hammond MS.)
KEYWORDS: sex money trick escape nobility
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "SWEET KITTY"
Purslow-TheConstantLovers, p. 67, "Peggy and the Squire" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1349
File: PCL067

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