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Hello, my name is
John Patrick ( The first item that got me seriously interested in songlore was a little song booklet titled The National Engineering Book of Song and Verse. After purchasing this booklet on eBay, I tracked down Ed Cray, author of the Erotic Muse and premiere researcher of bawdy songs in America, and offered him the booklet. The same night I emailed Ed Cray I went bar hopping with the booklet in my pocket and ran into two women who were formerly in the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. I showed them the booklet and they said they knew many of the songs and also knew many songs from their sorority which were secret. They wouldn't share any with me at the time but said I may be able to get them drunk enough so that they would share a few. So far no luck with these two but see my field collection from a DG and a ChiO. If you have any
manuscripts,
ephemera or early
books
related to drink-lore (especially the bawdy stuff!), please feel free to email me at
Sincerely, John Patrick |
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I put this site together because I am interested in learning about
traditional drinking songs. This stems from my interest in the
