My High Silk Hat

DESCRIPTION: "One day I took with me upon the subway My high silk hat, my high silk hat, I placed it down upon the seat beside me, A big, fat lady came and sat upon it, My hat she broke and that's no joke... Christopher Columbo, what do you think of that?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs)
KEYWORDS: clothes travel campsong
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REFERENCES (5 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 160, "My High Silk Hat" (1 text, tune referenced)
Harbin-Parodology, #385, p. 94, "My New Silk Hat" (1 text, tune referenced)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 43, "My New Silk Hat" (1 text, tune referenced)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 166, 285, 416, 514, "My High Silk Hat"/"My New Silk Hat" (notes only)
DT, SILKHAT
Roud #12793
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Funiculì, Funiculà" (tune, according to Harbin-Parodology)
cf. "A Merry Life" (tune, according to Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs)
File: ACSF166Y

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