Rheumatism

DESCRIPTION: "Rheumatism, rheumatism, How it pains, how it pains, Up and down the system, Up and down the system, When it rains, when it rains."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: disease derivative nonballad campsong
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Harbin-Parodology, #328, p. 81, "Rheumatism" (1 text, tune referenced)
Rodeheaver-SociabilitySongs, p. 121, "Rheumatism" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 255, 516, "Rheumatism" (notes only)
Roud #25810
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping; Brother John)" (tune) and references there
NOTES [50 words]: This is an unusual example of one of Harbin's songs that seems to have been taken into tradition, at least in a small way; there is a typed copy in the James Madison Carpenter collection, item 11251 (?); the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library has a scan under JMC/1/7/3 (American Songs), Folder 162. - RBW
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