Bawdy Ballads

Today we look at how power, and the lack of it, play out in sexual liaisons. We'll also talk a bit about Priapus, the god of vegetable fertility.

Bawdy Ballads Episode 10: Show notes or transcript
A Dialogue between a master and his maid
Pigstyle alley scene
The Kentish Maiden:OR, The Fumbling Ale-draper Derided
Priapus
Erotic art of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Two Millennia of Impotence Cures from Impotence: A Cultural History. 

Support the show

Today we are going to look at a really important ballad that shows how ballads and songs were used to communicate crime reports, and links earlier murder ballads as a way of tracking historical crimes. This ballad covers the murder of Maria Marten by William Corder in 1828, a story and song that has also been covered by the likes of Shirley Collins and Tom Waits, and is the inspiration for a still-running play.
 
The Murder of Maria Marten original ballad
The Murder of Maria Marten Murderpedia.
The Ballad of Maria Marten play
Shirly Collins version of The Murder of Maria Marten
Murder in the Red Barn: Tom Waits
Winter's Going by Bonnie Dobson
A Very British Murder docuseries

Support the show

Welcome back everyone! Today we'll talk about those timeless fboys, and how people manage when they fall victim to them. 

Bawdyballads.com

What's an Fboy?

The lover and the trickster

Kentish Dick: or the Lust Coachman of Westminster. 

Old Slang for Testicles

A trial of skill, performed by a poor decayed gentlewoman. 

Support the show

 Today we look at death and love, and there's even a revenant. While we do that we look at the dangers of the "one true love" myth and the importance of rejection in our lives. 

BawdyBallads transcript

The Suffolk Miracle

Revenants

Barbara Allen Playlist

Barbara Allen EBBA

"Let it Die" Feist

Support the show

Today we look at Golden Booties about a young man going for older women, and the fortunes they provide. Then we'll look at the Cougar archetype and how and why they terrify society so much. 

Wisecrack video on the economics of dating. 

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus Complex

Mrs. Robinson

"Fat-bottomed Girls"

Bawdyballads.com

Support the show

Today we look at the song "A Pleasant Jigg between Jack and his Mistress" which covers what happens when the lady of the house decides she needs to sleep with the help, and why we love this archetype so much. 

Support the show

Today we look at Golden Booties about a young man going for older women, and the fortunes they provide. Then we'll look at the Cougar archetype and how and why they terrify society so much. 

Wisecrack video on the economics of dating. 

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus Complex

Mrs. Robinson

"Fat-bottomed Girls"

Bawdyballads.com

Support the show

Today we look at the song "A Pleasant Jigg between Jack and hIs Mistress" which covers what happens when the lady of the house decides she needs to sleep with the help, and why we love this archetype so much. 

Support the show

Today we look at an actually sweet song and one that is still sung today as "One Night as I Lay on My Bed" as performed by Steeleye Span and others. We will also look at the lover at the window archetype and how it appears today, including Jimmy Hughes' song "Steal Away".

"A Favorite Love Song"

"One Night as I lay on my bed"

"Steal Away"

"Steal Away" Spiritual

FAME Studios

Jungian concepts of Anima/Animus

Bawdy Ballads site

Episode analytics

All time

Plays

Monthly

Support the show

Today we look at a great example of three archetypes that appear together. The fool, the prostitute, and the trickster. I also barely get through a list of slang terms for vagina from the 16th and 17th centuries, and how the fool, the prostitute, and the trickster are still working their magic as seen in the Depp vs Heard trial. 

Support the show