Little Black Doctor

DESCRIPTION: "Little black doctor, How is your wife? Very well thank you, She's all right. She won't eat licorice, Sticky old licorice, O-U-T spells Out."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: doctor wife food
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 77, "(Little black doctor)" (1 text)
Roud #19115
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "One Two Three Four, Mary at the Cottage Door" ("O-U-T spells out" lyric) and references there
NOTES [25 words]: Roud lumps this with "Oh Dear Doctor," but I don't see much in common except the doctor -- and even that doesn't exist in some of "Oh Dear Doctor"! - RBW
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File: BAAI077E

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