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Performer: Payne, Ernie
Place Collected: Hawkesbury Upton
Date collected: 1980 (24 Jun)
Collector: Davies, Gwilym

This song of veiled sexual innuendo and unwanted pregnancy is typical of the 19th century musical hall, although no other version of the song has been discovered.

Notes by Gwilym Davies 24 April 2015

Media & Downloads

Hear the song/tune as collected (mp3 stream):

See the song/tune as collected (PDF file)
Hear the song/tune (midi file)
Version to sing (PDF file)
Hear a version to sing (midi file)
Song/tune as collected (abc file)
Version to sing (abc file)