Three Oxford Scholars

DESCRIPTION: "Three Oxford scholars just college, Their pride was a little too much for their knowledge." They drink themselves drunk. A ram strays into the pub cellar. The maid says it's the devil. One of the clerks claims he will subdue it. The ram defeats him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Gardiner collection)
KEYWORDS: clergy drink animal humorous Devil
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Purslow-TheConstantLovers, pp. 100-101, "Three Oxford Scholars" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1668
File: PCL100

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