“Honest Girl (I Went to Church Like an Honest Girl Should)”

Description

"I went to church like an honest girl should, And the boys come too, Like other boys would." I come home like an honest girl should, And the boys came too.... She ends up pregnant and has a baby, "And the boys denied it, just like boys would."

Notes

This may be the best five-stanza summary of the relationship between the sexes I've ever seen. - RBW

References

  1. MHenry-Appalachians, pp. 28-29, "Honest Girl" (1 text)
  2. BI, MHAp028

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1933 (Henry, collected from Mrs. Samuel Harmon)
Found in: US(Ap)