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Thread #97513   Message #3638763
Posted By: Steve Gardham
03-Jul-14 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Down in the Valley (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Origins: pg13 Down in the Valley
The closest thing I can think of as far as a tune goes is the folk song 'Maids when you're young never wed an old man'. Here's a verse

When we went to church
Hey ding dorum down
When we went to church X
Me being young X
When we went to church
he left me in the lurch
Maids when you're young never wed an old man.

excluding the 2 lines marked 'X'

John Mehlberg has a website somewhere with all of these bawdy pieces being sung. I have a vague recollection of singing this to him over the phone to go on the website. Have you tried Googling it?