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Thread #173856   Message #4216534
Posted By: and e
03-Feb-25 - 08:27 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Hey Loddy Loddy /Hey Lally Lally (bawdy)
Subject: RE: Origins: Hey Loddy Loddy /Hey Lally Lally (bawdy)
....during the intermission of a fraternity dance chaperoned
by my wife and me, the couples spontaneously broke into song,
including a long version of the most popular campus folksong,
"Hey Loddy." The songs celebrated drink and sex, put down other
fraternities and sororities, and extolled students' own
organizations....

Handbook of American Folklore by Richard M. Dorson. p.111.


See here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Handbook_of_American_Folklore/eoqdSXEekTcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22hey+loddy%22+OR+%22hey+lally%22+college&pg=PA111&printsec=frontcover