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Jack Horntip Lyr Add: Monk of Great Renown, The (17) RE: Lyr Add: Monk of Great Renown, The 20 May 25



Entry #2: https://balladindex.org/Ballads/EM037.html

Monk of Great Renown, The

DESCRIPTION: A monk has sex with one or more women until his fellows abruptly put a halt to his misadventures.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Morgan/Green-RugbySongs)
KEYWORDS: bawdy sex death burial clergy
FOUND IN: Canada Britain(England) US(MW,SW)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Cray-EroticMuse, pp. 37-42, "The Monk of Great Renown" (3 texts, 1 tune; a piece to a different tune but with the same sort of plot occurs on p. 265 under "Ditties")
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 91, "The Monk of Great Renown" (1 text)
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 184, "The Old Monk" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #10137
RECORDINGS:
Anonymous singer, "The Monk of Priory Hall" (on Unexp1)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Horse Shit"
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Squire of Great Renown
File: EM037

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