My Dame's Crane

DESCRIPTION: "My dame had a lame tame crane. My dame had a crane that was lame. Pary, Mistress Jane, man my dame's lame tame crane Fly and re-turn again?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1962 (Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose)
KEYWORDS: animal nonballad campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Brown-MyGrandmothersSongbook 16, "My Dame Had a Lame Tame Crane" (1 text, 1 tune)
Baring-Gould-AnnotatedMotherGoose #755, p. 284, "(My dame hath a lame tame crane)"
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 233, "My Dame's Crane" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 133, "My dame had a lame tame crane" (notes only)
GirlScouts-SingTogether, p. 114, "The Lame Crane" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, LAMECRN* LAMETAME*
Roud #13622
NOTES [19 words]: Reported to have originated in England in the seventeenth century, but seemingly found only in the United States. - RBW
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