The Drunken Maidens

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A.L. Lloyd

Albert Lancaster Lloyd (29 February 1908 – 29 September 1982), usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the British folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. While Lloyd is most widely known for his work with British folk music, he had a keen interest in the music of Spain, Latin America, Southeastern Europe and Australia. He recorded at least six discs of Australian Bush ballads and folk music. Lloyd also helped establish the folk music subgenre of industrial folk music through his books, recordings, collecting and theoretical writings. more »

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There were three drunken maidens
Come from the Isle of Wight,
They drunk from Monday morning
Nor stopped till Saturday night.
When Saturday night did come, my lads,
They wouldn't then go out.
Not them three drunken maidens,
As they pushed the jug about.

Then in comes bouncing Sally,
With her cheeks as red as blooms.
Move up my jolly sisters,
And give young Sally some room.
For I will be your equal
Before that I go out.
So now four drunken maidens,
They pushed the jug about.

It was woodcock and pheasant
And partridge and hare,
And every sort of dainties,
No scarcity was there.
There was forty quarts of beer, my boys,
They fairly drunk it out.
And them four drunken maidens,
They pushed the jug about.

And up there come the landlord,
Asking for his pay.
And a forty pound bill, my lads,
Them gals was forced to pay.
They had ten pounds apiece, my boys,
Ad yet they wouldn't go out.
But them four drunken maidens,
They pushed the jug about.

Oh where are your feathered hats,
Your mantles rich and fine?
They've all been swallowed up,
In tankards of good wine.
And where are your maidenheads,
You maidens brisk and gay?
We left them in the alehouse
For we drank them clean away.

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