MP3 Monday: The Erotic Muse - American Bawdy Songs

"The Erotic Muse is the single greatest book detailing and describing traditional bawdy songs in the English speaking countries. It gives detailed accounts of the various songs and their history as far as Cray has been able to trace them."

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Interesting site, they even have a section where you can sing a bawdy song and send to the site owner for archival purposes. Here's a sampling of some naughty mp3s:

The Cowell Collection at the Library of Congress preserves many traditional folksongs and there are a few bawdy songs that made it into the collection. Here are the ones that I have found:

• Field Recording - Cowell Collection - See Notes
  • 78 Record
    • Dogs - Byron Coffin, Sr. Time: 1:16
    • The Beast Of Derbyshire - Charles Fulton Time: 2:39
    • The Mowing Of The Hay [tune - Keyhole In The Door] - Warde Ford Time: 1:11
    • As I Walked Out One Morning Fair [Ring Dang Doo] - George Vinton Graham Time: 1:22
    • Christopher Columbo - John B. Jones Time: 0:52
    • Home Came The Good Old Man - George Vinton Graham Time: 0:33
    • Keyhole In The Door - Pat Ford Time: 1:11
    • Sargeant Tally-Ho - Warde Ford Time: 0:39
    • The Tailor Boy - Warde Ford Time: 0:50

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