Dear Anne

DESCRIPTION: "Dear Anne, dear Anne, You're only sixteen, Your father's a farmer And you are the queen. Put your hand on your hips, And a haw, haw, haw, haw (x2), Dear Anne, dear Anne, come dancing with me."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: royalty dancing father farming
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, pp. 123-124, "Dear Anne" (1 text)
Roud #38147
NOTES [41 words]: Britain did, of course, have a ruling Queen Anne (reigned 1702-1714), but her father was assuredly not a farmer (he was James II and VII). Plus Anne was not a queen at the age of sixteen, and at that age had no anticipation of ever being queen. - RBW
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