Two Little Lads (Tommy and Jack)

DESCRIPTION: "Two little lads they had been friends Ever since childhood days" -- but both fall in love with the same girl. Jack wins and weds the girl, but soon dies. Tommy marries the widow -- and soon thinks of Jack in his grave and concludes, "Envy you Jack"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1953 (Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage death humorous
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Browne-AlabamaFolkLyric 139, "Tommy and Jack" (1 text, 1 tune)
Rainey/Pinkston-SongsOfTheOzarkFolk, pp. 22-23, "Two Little Lads" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5358
File: Brne139

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