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I Met a Maid all in White

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Performer: Brazil, Danny
Place Collected: Staverton
Date collected: 1978
Roud Number: 10123

Although not common, versions of this song have passed into the bawdy repertoire. It was noted as an army song in WWI. The author of this note remembers singing a bawdy version in Portsmouth in the 60s and Roy Palmer in “Folklore of Warwickshire” reports a playground version.

 

Notes by Gwilym Davies