Catch a Pickled Herring

DESCRIPTION: "Catch a pickled herring, put it in a barrel, Watch the neighbors move away." ""Catch a pickled herring, put it in a barrel, No matter what your friends may say."
AUTHOR: unknown (see NOTES)
EARLIEST DATE: 2023 (Derek Piotr collection)
KEYWORDS: humorous derivative food
FOUND IN: US
RECORDINGS:
The Crofut Family, "Catch a Pickled Herring" (Piotr-Archive #668, recorded 09/17/2023)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Catch a Falling Star" (tune)
NOTES [45 words]: This is sung to (the chorus of) "Catch a Falling Star," words by Lee Pockriss, music by Paul Vance, recorded in 1957 by Perry Como. Presumably, then, the song dates from after that. The Crofuts did not sing it as a round, but I wonder if it wasn't intended to be one. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.7
File: DPio668

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