Young Roger of Kildare

DESCRIPTION: "Oh mother, mother dear, May I go to the fair, May I go with young Roger, Young Roger of Kildare." The mother says she may go, "but keep your legs close together." But h "stuffed her up with ice cream and he stuffed her up with cake"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Morgan/Green-RugbySongs)
KEYWORDS: mother sex warning
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 17, "Young Roger of Kildare" (1 text)
Roud #1606
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Nelly the Milkmaid" (plot)
NOTES [56 words]: Steve Roud lumps this with "Nelly the Milkmaid," and I see his point; the plot is the same, and often the seducer is Roger. But this opens with the girl asking the mother's permission, which does not happen in "Nelly," and in this text, the girl has no name. Possibly they should be lumped, but I'm playing it safe and splitting them. - RBW
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