Today we look at just how much money and value are intricately linked with dating, as shown in a couple of old songs from the past: <a href='https://www.bawdyballads.com/post/episode-11-what-s-your-price-love-and-money'>Bawdy Ballads show transcript</a> <a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/31206/xml'>A</a> <a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/31206/xml'>DIALOGUE</a> <a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/31206/xml'>Between Jack and his Mother</a> <a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/21141/xml'>A FAIRING</a> <a href='https://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/21141/xml'>For Young-Men and Maids</a> <a href='https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/2/6/14403490/dowry-india-bride-groom-dilemma'>Vox: Indian Dowry system</a> <a href='https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/ayesha-suicide-despite-one-death-every-hour-the-menace-of-dowry-persists-7215490/'>Indian Express: Dowry deaths</a> <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bawdyballa1">Support the show</a>

Episode 12: Gotta get these bills paid some way.

Welcome all you wonderful people, and thank you so much for checking out Bawdy Ballads, where we will explore all the dirty, sassy, and usually surprising old popular songs, and when I say old… I mean old. Four hundred years old old. And along the way we’ll explore all those things that make life a bit more interesting. There’s trickery infidelity, loving, drinking, and fighting. While we dig deep in these songs, we’ll talk about all kinds of things: archetypes, history, folklore, and how so many of these songs hold vast potential for inspiration of new creations.