Poor Lil

DESCRIPTION: Lil, a beauty, lives in a house of ill repute. Her health declines and she loses her looks; a house physician recommends Scott's Emulsion, to no avail. She loses her clientele and dies.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Morgan/Green-RugbySongs)
KEYWORDS: bawdy humorous whore disease doctor drugs
FOUND IN: US(MW,So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, pp. 200-201, "Her Name Was Lil" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph/Legman-RollMeInYourArms I, pp. 248-249, "Poor Lil" (1 text, 1 tune)
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 15, "Lil" (1 text)
DT, POORLIL1*
Roud #10310
File: RL248

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