“The Merner Song”

Description

In November Billy Merner came to Darlingtown and moved in with the Sargents. At Christmas he got drunk, "raked poor Bessie," and left. No one whose "Head is good and sound ... let Will Merner come back to Darlingtown."

References

  1. Ives-NewBrunswick, pp. 83-87, "The Merner Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #1950
  3. BI, IvNB083

About

Author: Wilmot MacDonald
Earliest date: 1958 (Ives-NewBrunswick)
Keywords: home drink hunting
Found in: Canada(Mar)