“I Won't Be a Nun!”

Description

"Now is it not a pity such a pretty girl as I Should be sent to a nunnery to pine away and die? But I won't be a nun... I'm so fond of pleasure that I cannot be a nun!" The girl is too fond of partying/men.The nuns couldn't handle a novice like her

References

  1. Belden, pp. 266-267, "I Won't Be a Nun" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Randolph 400, "I Won't Be a Nun!" (1 text, 1 tune)
  3. DT, WONTNUN*
  4. Roud #7630
  5. BI, R400

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1893 (Songs of the People)
Keywords: clergy party freedom
Found in: US(So) Britain