Jenny

DESCRIPTION: "I had a little mule, her name was Jenny, When I bought that mule she cost me plenty. But I sold that mule for one little penny, And now I have neither the penny nor Jenny."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Solomon-ZickaryZan)
KEYWORDS: horse money
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 103, "Jenny" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I Had a Little Pony (I)" (lyrics)
cf. "I Had a Little Pony (II)" (lyrics)
NOTES [56 words]: I don't know if it is significant, but a female donkey is called a "jenny." However, when a female donkey mates with a male horse, the result is not a mule but a "hinny"; a mule has a female horse for a mother and a male horse for a father. So this might be a sort of nonsense that only mule-breeders would be likely to appreciate. - RBW
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File: ZiZa103C

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