Christmas Day in the Workhouse

DESCRIPTION: "It was Christmas Day in the workhouse, That season of good cheer." The workhouse master wishes the inmates good cheer. They answer, "Balls." Offended, the master says he will cut off their pudding. One pauper tells him where to put the pudding
AUTHOR: George R. Sims (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang); reportedly from 1877
KEYWORDS: hardtimes food
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 64, "It Was Christmas Day in the Workhouse" (2 texts)
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, "Christmas Day in the Workhouse" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Christmas Day in the Workhouse"
Roud #10181
NOTES [18 words]: The original of this is very long; most of the traditional versions seem to be much changed and reduced. - RBW
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File: BrPa064A

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