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Thread #172465   Message #4174302
Posted By: Jack Horntip
10-Jun-23 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Rain and Sorrow (Beside A Babbling Brook)
Subject: Origins: RAIN AND SORROW Beside A Babbling Brook
RAIN AND SORROW
(Nello Deschamps [informant])

Beside a babbling brook,
A shady nook;
A girl all dressed in yellow;
Two ruby lips,
Two snow-white tits--
Oh, what a lucky fellow!

Nine days went by:
He heaved a sigh
Of awful pain and sorrow;
Two spots of pink
Were on his d---,
And there'll be more tomorrow!

Nine months went by:
She heaved a sign
Of awful pain and sorrow;
Two little mutts
Up in her guts,
And they'll be out tomorrow!


Pg 38, Songs and Ballads: Folk Material and Old Favorites, by James Kenneth Larson, typescript, undated [c1933].

https://archive.org/details/1933-1972jameskennethlarson/page/n38/mode/1up

I can find only, what I believe, is a passing parodoy (or response) to this song/poem.