Colin's Ghost

DESCRIPTION: "My mammy and daddy lived in a cot, They bought me a horse that could amble and trot." They hear of a "ghost" that meets girls, so the father goes to town in her stead. But she finds the "ghost," who is Colin the shepherd. She visits the ghost regularly
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1845 (J Pitts broadsides)
KEYWORDS: humorous ghost shepherd father mother children sex
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "COLLIN'S GHOST"
Purslow-MarrowBones, p. 16, "Colin's Ghost" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1600
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth c.18(76)=Harding B 25(395), "Colin's Ghost," J. Pitts (Seven Dials), 1819-1844
File: PuMB016

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