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Posted By: M.Ted
21-Nov-07 - 01:39 PM
Thread Name: Song on a taboo subject?
Subject: RE: Song on a taboo subject?
This subject has certainly been celebrated in Ballad. If the material isn't generally known, it is probably because of either the discretion of, or the censorship of collectors. --check this siteHomosexuality in Eighteenth Century England--which contains a number of broadside ballads, including "Molly Exalted","A Woman's Complaint to Venus", and "The Game at Flats".