It's a Good Time to Get Acquainted

DESCRIPTION: "It's a good time to get acquainted, It's a good time to know, Who is sitting close to you, And to smile and say Hello. Goodbye, lonesome feeling, Farewell glassy stare, Here's my hand, my name is (something), So put your hand right there."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Harbin-Parodology, #410, p. 101, "It's a Good Time" (1 text, tune referenced)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 114, "Get Acquainted" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 249, "It's a Good Time to Get Acquainted" (notes only)

CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "It's a Long, Long" Way to Tipperary" (tune) and references there
File: ACSF249I

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