Four Nights Drunk (child 274)

Four Nights Drunk Sheila K Adams Child Ballad, 274 This a shortened version of Our Goodman. As said in the intro to the song other variations have seven verses. All variations are about a man coming home drunk and finding different things that belong to his wife s lover. The wife calls the man a blind old fool explaining away the evidence. The song goes by many names Four Nights Drunk, Four Drunken Nights, Seven Drunken Nights, Drunkard s Special, Cabbage Head, The Goodman, The Gudeman and so on. This br, br,