Grandmother Gray

DESCRIPTION: "Grandmother Gray (Granny Grey, etc.), Let's go out to play, I won't go near the water To hunt the ducks away. I let the baby fall Over the garden wall. My mother came out And gave me a clout...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: mother baby bird punishment injury | grandmother
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brady-AllInAllIn, pp. 149-150, "Old Granny Grey" (1 text, 1 tune)
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 34, "(Grandma, Grandma Grey)" (1 text)
Roud #12730
File: BAAI149B

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