Bawdy songs

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Contains an entire photocopy of Ed Cray, ‘The Erotic Muse: American bawdy songs’ (London; New York: Omnibus Press, 1978). [See ‘Erotic Muse (1969)’ folder].

Scope and Contents Contains an entire printed copy of Ed Cray, ‘The Erotic Muse: American bawdy songs’ (London; New York: Omnibus Press, 1978). Also includes a series of correspondence with Ed Cray about a new edition of the publication and personal material, dated c. 1988. Within the publication is another folder titled ‘Bernys, Women’s Songs’ in which is the typed manuscript of Diane Bernys, ‘Army Life Songs’, Folklore Archive, Department of Anthropology, State University College, Buffalo, New York, December...

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Contains a photocopy of Edith Fowke, “A Sampling of Bawdy Ballads From Ontario”, in Bruce Jackson (ed.), ‘Folklore and Society: Essays in Honor of Benjamin A. Botkin, (Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates, 1966).

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Contains the sheet music and lyrics for the songs ‘Bombed Last Night’, ‘The Bastard King of England’, ‘If You Want to Know Where the Privates Are’ and ‘A Poor Aviator Lay Dying’. The songs are taken from J. J. Niles, D.S. Moore and A. A.A. Wallgren, ‘Songs my Mother Never Taught Me’, (New York: Macauley, 1929).

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Contains photocopied excerpts from Brad Tate, ‘The Bastard from the Bush: Obscene Songs and Ballads of Australian Origin’, (Kuranda, QLD: Rams Skull Press, 1982). The excerpts are of multiple Australian ballads, as well as the appendices.

Scope and Contents A collection of song lyrics, sheet music, poems and parodies retrieved from the Folklore Institute at Western Kentucky University. The material has been resourced through various informants across the U.S. who participated in WWII, the Korean War or the Vietnam War. Often included with the songs is some background information which demonstrates its folkloric relevance. The songs are often humorous and obscene. The date that LC acquired the material is unspecified, but the date range of the...