Dundee Jail

DESCRIPTION: "'Oh, have you seen my Mary Ann?' was one time all the go, But now 'tis neither pot nor pan -- 'tis 'Dundee Jail You Know.'" The singer describes the hard times in Dundee Jail -- bad food, poor drink, etc. -- and hopes he never goes there
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee)
KEYWORDS: prison hardtimes warning
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gatherer-SongsAndBalladsOfDundee 71, "Dundee Jail" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John Anderson, My Jo, John" (tune)
NOTES [30 words]: All of this but the first verse seem to be a standard prison song; I suspect that the broadside publisher wrote a (not very coherent) first verse to make it look "different." - RBW
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File: Gath071

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