Janey Mac

DESCRIPTION: "Janey Mac, My shirt is black, What'll I do for Sunday? Go to bed, And cover your head, And don't get up Till Monday."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1975 (Brady-AllInAllIn)
KEYWORDS: clothes colors | bed
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 171, "Janey Mac" (1 text)
Roud #19356
NOTES [20 words]: I wonder if this isn't a worn-down by-blow of "Mary Mack (I)," but the ending is different enough that I split them. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.5
File: BAAI171

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