True Blue and Seventy-Two

DESCRIPTION: "I come of a free and jovial race, A country Squire am I.... I'm a chip of the block of an ancient stock,.. And one of a race that can go the pace, Altho' I'm seventy-two." "Cheer, boys, cheer For an old true blue." The singer needn't work, but keeps busy
AUTHOR: Harry Clifton (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: nobility work age
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REFERENCES (6 citations):
Chapman-Sisters-Songster, pp. 50-51, "True Blue and Seventy-Two" (1 text)
Lydia-Thompson-Songster, pp. 56-57, "True Blue and Seventy-Two" (1 text, 1 tune)
OwenFawcetts-Paul-Pry-Songster, pp. 56-57, "True Blue and Seventy-Two" (1 text)
We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster, pp. 16-17, "True Blue and Seventy-Two" (1 text, 1 tune)
Williams-Love-Among-Big-Nozes-Songster, pp. 52-53, "True Blue and Seventy-Two" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Seventy Two and Hard as Steel"
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NOTES [50 words]: Harry Clifton's original title for this was apparently "Seventy Two and Hard as Steel," which instantly (and, I think, inevitably) makes me think of an erectile dysfunction ad. Even in the days before little blue pills, people seem to have been aware of this, since the title tends to get changed. - RBW
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