Around the Corner

DESCRIPTION: "Around the corner behind the tree A sergeant Major said to me, 'Oh, how'd you like to (marry) me? I would like to know, For every time I look into your eyes, I feel I'd like to go Around the corner....'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: humorous wordplay | circular
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Harbin-Parodology, #222, p. 57, "Around the Corner" (1 text)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 241, "Around the Corner" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 393, 415, "Around the Corner" (notes only)
Roud #22247
NOTES [14 words]: Clearly the infinite recursion was not invented by inept computer programmers. - RBW
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