A true country courtship: or, love in a barn, shewing, how a London lord was tricked by a farmer's daughter. To which is added, she's what I dare not name

She's what I dare not name.

Glasgow: Printed by J. & M. Robertson

1802

8 pages

15 cm

This is a single humorous song about a young lord who tries to trick a farmer’s daughter into sleeping with him by offering to wed her. She in turn tricks him by demanding money and wine first, and only pretending to drink while the lord drinks until he passes out. When he wakes up he finds himself lying with Gypsies instead of the young woman, and a Gypsy child tied to his back, whereupon he runs naked with the child back home where he is let in by his servants. Surprisingly, this trickery convinces him to truly marry the farmer’s daughter after seeing the lengths to which she would go to protect her maidenhead. The song is followed by a short anecdote, also on the importance of female chastity.

Reigate, England

Ballads and songs

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

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