Ragged and Torn and True

DESCRIPTION: "I am a poor man, God knows, And all my neighbors tell, I want both monty and clothes, And yet I live wond'rous well" because he is content. He lists the things"better" people must do to maintain their station; he prefer to be "ragged and torn and true"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime)
KEYWORDS: poverty clothes nonballad
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, pp. 267-269, "(I am a poor man)" (1 text, 1 tune, filed as a relative of "Old Sir Simon the King")
Chappell/Wooldridge-OldEnglishPopularMusic I, p. 281, "(I am a poor man)" (1 short text, associated with the tune of "Old Simon the King")
Roud #27968
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Ragged and True
File: CPMO0267

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