Tobacco Pipes and Porter

DESCRIPTION: "Tobacco pipes, tobacco pipes, tobacco pipes and porter Mony ane will sing a sang, but few will sing a shorter."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan3)
KEYWORDS: drink drugs nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig/Duncan3 568, "Tobacco Pipes and Porter" (1 short text)
ADDITIONAL: David Buchan, editor, Scottish Tradition: A Collection of Scottish Folk Literature (Boston, 1984), #49a p. 141, ["Songs for Non-Singers"] ("Tobacco pipes, tobacco pipes, tobacco pipes and porter")
Roud #5894
NOTES [15 words]: Buchan: "Said or sung by persons unwilling or unable to comply with repeated requests" - BS
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File: GrD3568

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