Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?

DESCRIPTION: "Mistress Murphy gave a party just about a week ago, Everything was plentiful, the Murphys, they're not slow." Mrs. Murphy is shocked to find a pair of worn-out overalls in the chowder. Arguments and fights break out about how they got there
AUTHOR: George L. Geifer (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1898 (source: Wikipedia)
KEYWORDS: humorous food clothes | overalls
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
DT, MRPHCHOW*
Roud #17032
RECORDINGS:
Jim Eldritch, Madeleine Corleo, "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" (Piotr-Archive #664, recorded 09/13/2023)
C. Gardee, "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" (Fragment (more an allusion than an actual song): Piotr-Archive #657, recorded 08/31/2023)

NOTES [79 words]: Not to be confused with the song indexed as "Mrs. Murphy's Chowder." Steve Roud either omits the other one or lumps the two. Meade, Spottswood, and Meade definitely lump them.
This one was popular enough to be recorded by Bing Crosby. It was apparently used in a Betty Grable movie, "Coney Island."
The version Derek Piotr collected from Jim Eldritch and Madeleine Corleo seems to use the tune "The Noble Duke of York" for the verses, but I don't know if this is original. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.7
File: DPio657

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