Ida Red (III)

DESCRIPTION: "Unprintable" song about Ida's exploits, with chorus something like "Ida Rad and Ida Blue, And I love Ida same as you."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (Sulzer-TwentyFiveKentuckyFolkBallads)
KEYWORDS: bawdy courting
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sulzer-TwentyFiveKentuckyFolkBallads, p. 12, "Ida Red and Ida Blue" (1 excerpt, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Cripple Creek (I)" (lyrics)
NOTES [20 words]: Note that Roud lumps this with the other Ida Red songs. Expurgated nonballads are always a classification problem.... - RBW
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File: Sulz012

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