High Society Girl, The

DESCRIPTION: "Granny, get your hair cut, paint your face and shine, Granny get your hair cut short like mine... Granny, get your dress cut short like mine." The girl urges granny to adopt modern ways, such as going to movies and swimming alongside the boys
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: humorous technology
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 130, "The High Society Girl" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #11340
NOTES [78 words]: Evidently written in the 1920s to heap scorn on young flappers and other too-modern young women. Yet it appears that it was performed more for its humor value; it's less a complaint than an observation that what works for the young simply may not be possible or enjoyable for the old. Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric comments that there are many songs that criticize the changes adopted by young people, but "this one is perhaps the best. It is surely the funniest." I agree. - RBW
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File: Brne130

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