Brak the Barn

DESCRIPTION: "(This is the one/boy/man that) brak (into) the barn, This is the man that stole the corn, This is the man that bent the saw, This is man that told all, This is the man that ran awa', And poor Willie Winkie had to pay for it all."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Tobar an Dualchais collection)
KEYWORDS: crime punishment theft
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland) Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 47, "(This is the boy that broke into the barn)" (1 text)
Roud #20110
File: PKKB047G

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