Matinee, The

DESCRIPTION: "Myself I dressed all in my best and with some surplus cash, I started for the Matinee; I thought to cut a dash." He falls in love with a very pretty girl there. He goes home with her -- where he meets her husband. Don't meet girls at the matinee
AUTHOR: Frank Howard (source: Cohans-Dublin-Jarvey-Songster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (Cohans-Dublin-Jarvey-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love courting husband | matinee
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cohans-Dublin-Jarvey-Songster, pp. 30-31, "I Met Her at the Matinee" (1 text)
Old-Clowns-Whoa-January-Songster, pp. 10-11, "I Met Her at the Matinee" (1 text)

Roud #15845
ALTERNATE TITLES:
At the Matinee
File: CDJS030

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