Coaxing Polly

DESCRIPTION: "The girls in the city, they are happy, The boys in the country, they are jolly" and the singer courts Coaxing Polly. She demands furniture and china and refuses to work. He sets out to leave. She gives in and they marry
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle)
KEYWORDS: bargaining courting rejection work dialog
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Boette-SingaHipsyDoodle, pp. 26-27, "Coaxing Polly" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #7514
File: Boet027

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