Stonecutter Boy

DESCRIPTION: A stonecutter boy sees a young woman. If she'll rest a moment, he'll "tell you of the dream I had last night." They sit under an oak; she soon gives "a little scream." Smoothing her clothes, she invites him to tell the dream again when next they meet
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Purslow-MarrowBones)
KEYWORDS: sex dream worker
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "BRICKLAYER'S DREAM, THE"
Purslow-MarrowBones, p. 12, "The Bricklayers Dream" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, STONEBOY
Roud #971
RECORDINGS:
Anne Briggs, "The Stonecutter Boy" (on BirdBush1, BirdBush2, Briggs3, Briggs4)
A. L. Lloyd, "The Stone-Cutter Boy" (on Lloyd01)
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth b.27(401)=Harding B 11(446), "The Bricklayer Bold," unknown, n.d.
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Next Market Day" (plot) and references there
NOTES [50 words]: According to Lloyd, the song had not appeared in print at the time of its recording. Again, I can't bring myself to assign the keyword "bawdy." - PJS
Lloyd is wrong; there were broadside printings in the nineteenth century, although they typically refer to a bricklayer rather than a stonecutter. - RBW
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