Bastard Stephen (The Maid of the Mountain Glen)
DESCRIPTION: "There was a maid of the mountain glen, Seduced herself with a fountain pen," which burst and causes her bastard baby to be blue-black. Another girl uses a beer bottle instead of a pen, and her child is nut-brown
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Morgan/Green-RugbySongs)
KEYWORDS: sex bawdy colors bastard
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 92, "The Maid of the Mountain Glen" (1 text)
Roud #10145
File: RuSoBasS
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