It's Nice to Be a Father

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, set the bells a-ringing, yes, And fire off the guns." If you wonder why the singer is celebrating, "I'm the father of a bouncing baby boy." "It's nice to be a father." The child looks like his parents. They will play and talk baby talk with the child
AUTHOR: G. W. Hunt (source: Clowns-Shoo-Fly-Songster)
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (Clowns-Shoo-Fly-Songster)
KEYWORDS: father baby nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Clowns-Shoo-Fly-Songster, pp. 8-9, "It's Nice to Be a Father" (1 text, 1 tune)
Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster, pp. 44-45, "It's Nice to Be a Father" (1 text, 1 tune)
Johnny-I-Hardly-Knew-Ye-Songster, pp. 39-40, "It's Nice to Be a Father" (1 text)
Roud #V11095
File: CSFS008

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