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Thread #172468   Message #4174633
Posted By: Lighter
15-Jun-23 - 03:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Boogaboo
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Boogaboo
Thanks, Steve.

There are two or three American texts that retain the "bugaboo" in defiance of the trend, notably "The Buggery Boo," collected in New York State by Harold Thompson in the 1930s.

The 1689 broadside is undoubtedly the ultimate source.