Our Goodman

"Our Goodman"
"Hame Cam Our Gudeman at E'en", from The Scotish Minstrel (1823)
Song
Published18th century (earliest known)
GenreBroadside ballad, folksong
Songwriter(s)Unknown

"Our Goodman" (Child 274, Roud 114) is a Scottish and English humorous folk song. It describes the efforts of an unfaithful wife to explain away the evidence of her infidelity. A version of the song, "Seven Drunken Nights", was a hit record for The Dubliners in the 1960s.