Alice (The Bathtub Song)

DESCRIPTION: "Alice, where art thou going? Upstairs to take a bath. Alice with... a neck like a giraffe-raf raf raf raf raf raf raf Alice steps in the bathtub. Alice pulls out the plug...There goes Alice down the hole Alice, what does thou sayest? Blub blub blub."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2010 (mudcat.org thread "Lyr Req: Alice, where are you going? Upstairs to..")
KEYWORDS: humorous disaster campsong | tub plug
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 120, "The Bathtub Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 277, 289, "Alice" (notes only)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 81, "Lulabelle" (1 text)
Roud #27650
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Tommy, Tommy in the Tub" (plot)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Sybil Where Are You Going?
File: ACSF277A

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