“The Ram Song (II)”
Description
Pius bought a small, thin ram from Jenny. The boys play cards for the ram "but playing cards for rams in Lent -- it was a mortal sin." The ram grows big and fat and is slaughtered "to pay the boys to plow up the old graveyard"
Notes
Did something drop out of this song in which one of the gamblers dies? Until we find another version, we can hardly tell. - RBW
References
- Dibblee/Dibblee, p. 97, "The Ram Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #12451
- BI, Dib097