{"id":2394,"date":"2014-06-22T10:33:39","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T14:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=2394"},"modified":"2014-06-22T17:28:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:28:23","slug":"three-drunken-maidens-four-drunken-maidens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=2394","title":{"rendered":"Three Drunken Maidens (Four Drunken Maidens)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is one of those songs frequently dismissed as fun but insignificant from a historical point of view, and we sing it really for the saucy humour and to remind people-of-the-double-standard that women can be just as willingly wild and carefree as the men.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>However, A.L Lloyd had written that this very song stems from the mid-18<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup> century (to be found in a song book of 1750 called \u201cCharming Phylis’ <\/span>Garland<\/span>\u201d \u2013 let me know if you get your hands on a copy??) and reached high popularity in <\/span>England<\/span> by the 1760s!<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Lloyd goes on to tell us that the <\/span>Isle of Wight<\/span> had, long ago, been a \u201c<\/span>harbour of smugglers, and cheap liquor<\/span><\/i>\u201d leading \u201c<\/span>to prodigious drinking. It is pleasant to think that the <\/span>Isle of Wight<\/span>, now chiefly famous as the home of the snooty Royal Yacht Squadron, once rang with the laughter of bouncing Sally and her mates.<\/span><\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>
\n\"470_2550558\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bb<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>C<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span><\/span><\/b>
\nThere were three drunken maidens came from the <\/span>Isle of Wight
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Bb<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>C<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\nThey drunk from Monday morning nor stopped till Saturday night
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bb<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bb<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bb<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\nWhen Saturday night did come me boys, they wouldn’t then go out
\n<\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bb<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>C<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span><\/b><\/span>
\nThese three drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then in comes bouncing Sally, her cheeks as red as blooms
\n<\/span> Move up me jolly sisters, and give young Sally some room
\n<\/span> For I will be your equal before the night is out!
\n<\/span> These four drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span> There’s woodcock and pheasant, there’s partridge and hare
\n<\/span> There’s all sorts of dainties; no scarcity was there.
\n<\/span> There’s forty quarts of beer, me boys, they fairly drunk them out!
\n<\/span> These four drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span> But up comes the landlord; he’s asking for his pay.
\n<\/span> It’ a forty pound bill, me boys, these gals have got to pay.
\n<\/span> That’s ten pounds apiece, me boys, but still they wouldn’t go out!
\n<\/span> These four drunken maidens, they pushed the jug about.
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span> Oh where are your feathered hats, your mantles rich and fine?
\n<\/span> They’ve all been swallowed up, in tankards of good wine.
\n<\/span> And where are your maidenheads, you maidens frisk and gay?
\n<\/span> We left them in the alehouse; we drank them clean away!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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