Kempy Kay

"Kempy Kay" is Child ballad no. 33.[1]

Synopsis

A deformed suitor woos a hideous maiden, each of whom is described in bawdy detail. Finally, they exchange disgusting gifts, and the match is made.[2]

gollark: It's not self-contained since it needs RF input from the fusion reactor lower in this bunker, but otherwise is.
gollark: Observe my not-self-contained infinite redstone/glowstone generator.
gollark: Okay, service restored. We at osmarks.tk™ counting systems aim to bring up broken things within [ERROR - BACKEND UNAVAILABLE] decimal hours.
gollark: Please wait 10 nanomillenia while I fix this.
gollark: https://osmarks.tk/incdec/ or it would be if that was up

See also

References

  1. Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, "Kempy Kay"
  2. Waltz, Robert B.; Engle, David G. (2017). "Lady Alice". Folklore The Traditional Ballad Index: An Annotated Bibliography of the Folk Songs of the English-Speaking World. California State University, Fresno. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
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