Sweet Lisbweemore

DESCRIPTION: Singer meets a maid who asks him to "show me the way... to the weaver's house." He agrees and, on the way, tries to seduce her. She resists and runs away when he says "if another man were in my shoes he'd spoil your thread." "She was too smart for me"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: seduction escape bawdy rake
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 142, "Sweet Lisbweemore" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5303
RECORDINGS:
Elizabeth Cronin, "Sweet Lisbweemore" (on IRECronin01)
NOTES [13 words]: For another example of thread and yarn as a sexual symbol see "Ball of Yarn" - BS
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File: OCC142

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