There Comes a Fellow with a Derby Hat

DESCRIPTION: Lost love song: "There comes a fellow with a derby hat, They say he's jealous, but what of that? If he is jealous, I am gay; I can get a sweetheart any day." The rest floats -- the blind bird, a request that the sweetheart return
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: love bird clothes betrayal floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 265, "There Comes a Fellow with a Derby Hat" (1 text)
Roud #15742
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Farewell He" (subject) and references there
File: Br3265

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