Tiddleywinks, Old Man

DESCRIPTION: "Tiddleywinks, old man, Find a woman if you can, If you can't find a woman, Do without, old man.' 'If it wasn't for your name and it wasn't for your shame, I'd let you have a go in a minute...." When the rock of Gibraltar Takes a flying leap at Malta....'
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang)
KEYWORDS: courting humorous nonballad nonsense rejection
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 37, "Tiddleywinks, Old Man" (1 text)
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, pp. 358-359, "TIddlewinks, Old Man" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10344
RECORDINGS:
Jasper Smith, "Tiddliewink Old Man" (on Voice14)
NOTES [33 words]: Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar says this was sung to the Sailor's Hornpipe. Which fits the text, more or less, but seems a poor fit on other grounds; I suspect other tunes were used. - RBW
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File: BrPa037A

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