Once I Had the Measles

DESCRIPTION: "Once I had the (measles/scarlet fever), I had them very long, My mother wrapped me in a blanket And threw me in the pram." They go to the hospital. The singer is there for a week or two, then bids farewell to the doctors and nurses
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: mother children travel disease doctor
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, pp. 94-95, "(Once I had the measles)" (1 text)
Roud #23421
File: BAAI094B

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