“No Balls at All”
Description
A young maiden weds a man with no balls at all. Her mother advises her to seek comfort from a young man. She does, and a "bouncing young baby was born in the fall to the wife of the man who had no balls at all."
Notes
This is one of a large group of traditional songs and ballads dealing with May-December marriages. - EC
Cross references
- cf. "An Old Man Came Over the Moor (Old Gum Boots and Leggings)"
- cf. "I Wouldn't Have an Old Man"
- cf. "Maids, When You're Young"
- cf. "My Husband's Got No Courage in Him"
- cf. "What Can a Young Lassie"
- cf. "The Mormon Cowboy (II)"
- cf. ""The Strawberry Roan" (tune, some versions)
Recordings
- Anonymous singers, "No Balls at All" [two versions, by different singers] (on Unexp1)
References
- Cray, pp. 158-162, "No Balls at All" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- Randolph-Legman II, pp. 677-678, "No Balls at All" (1 text)
- DT, NOBALLS*
- Roud #10136
- BI, EM158