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Thread #161552   Message #3843458
Posted By: Richie
07-Mar-17 - 11:20 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Died for Love Sources: PART III
Subject: RE: Origins: Died for Love Sources: PART III
Hi,

Here's my favorite oikotype of Love is Teasin':

Love it am a killin' thing,
Beauty am a blossom;
Ef yuh want tuh get yuh finger bit,
Poke it at a 'possum. [Perrow, VA 1912]

Perhaps it could be renamed "oink"type to include "Pig in a Pen":

Got a pig in a pen,
and corn to feed him on,
and a pretty little girl at home,
to feed him when I'm gone.

As for the Butcher Boy, I'm having trouble tracing its antecedent. There are a half dozen UK versions and a number of early US versions not influence by print. Working on it.

Richie