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There was a Johnnie Miller who lived by himself
Game song - not clear whether child or adult or both
. . . spring of the year, fried in maggoty butter
Ditty.Mercer: Bennett, p. 9; Blondahl, p. 53; Doule (1955) p. 23, (1966) p. 23; English, p. 55; Fowke (1973) p. 94, (1954) p. 122; Mills (1968), p. 38; Nolan, p. 18; Peacock, p. 222 (1963), (1965) p. 53; NSB, 12:1 (1965), 37
Oh, me father and mother were excellent folk
Man has difficulty with name his parents gave him. Humorous.Mercer: Greenleaf, p. 345; Greenleaf also gives "Harry Beckwith's America's Own Comique Songster", 1878 (Jonathan, Joseph, Jeremiah), p. 28
Oh Pat, let me tell you, he'll mend your old drum
Cheating ways of shop-keeprs.Mercer: Blondahl, p. 13; Doyle (1955), p. 28; Fowke (1973), p. 52; Fowke, n.d., p. 206; Horwood, p. 128; Mills, p. 44; Nolan, p. 15; Peacock, p. 57
My father and mother were excellent folk
Humourous song about naming a child.Mercer: Greenleaf, p. 345; Greenleaf also gives "Harry Beckwith's America's Own Comique Songster", 1878 (Jonathan, Joseph, Jeremiah), p. 28
. . .thinking tonight of the valley
Man wishing he were back in Lonesome Valley with his Sally
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