Tom Tinker's My True Love

DESCRIPTION: Tom Tinker's my true love, And I am his dear, And I will go with him, his budget to bear, This way, that way, whichever you will, I'm sure I say nothing that you can take ill." "For of all the young men he has the best way."
AUTHOR: unknoen
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime)
KEYWORDS: love
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Chappell-PopularMusicOfTheOldenTime, pp. 353-354, "Tom Tinker's My True Love" (1 text, 2 tunes)
Roud #8753
NOTES [24 words]: This tune is apparently used in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera," Act III, Scene 11, Air 13, "Which way shall I turn me? How can I decide?" - RBW
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