Old Folks Better Up and Git to Bed

DESCRIPTION: "Old folks better up and get to bed Before the young folks get the devil in their heads."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5)
KEYWORDS: age
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 752, "Old Folks Better Up and Git to Bed" (1 short text, 1 tune)
NOTES [17 words]: The current description is based on the Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 fragment. - RBW
Last updated in version 4.1
File: BrS5752

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