Songs about women, but not about love

Subject: RE: Songs about women, but not about love
From: GUEST
Date: 29 May 14 - 08:13 AM

It's not Irish, and a very obvious allegory so maybe not really what you're looking for, but there's the American War of Independence song 'Revolutionary Tea'.

Subject: Songs about women, but not about love
From: GUEST,EHS
Date: 29 May 14 - 07:32 AM

I'm looking for traditional (or pretty-traditional) songs about women that are *not* about love, marriage, or courting. (IE songs about women, not about women longing, loving, doting, courting, or being courted, loved, or doted upon, or otherwise acting the foil for men.) I'm primarily interested in Irish songs, but have expanded my search because it's actually quite difficult.

So far I've found:
- Barry Gleeson's ballad about the boxer Jane Murphy; "The Female Prize-Fight"
- Tom Lehrer's totally not traditional 'Irish Ballad'