Jeune Fille Sans Amant, La (The Young Girl Without a Lover)

DESCRIPTION: French. A girl says she must have a lover. Mother says wait; go to the convent. The girl wants to go to a lover. Mother says here's money to get to the convent; the girl says with that money I will buy myself a man. You will be sorry, says the mother.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Peacock)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage sex warning dialog humorous lover mother
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peacock, pp. 293-294, "La Jeune Fille Sans Amant" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Whistle, Daughter, Whistle" (theme)
File: Pea293

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