Punctuality

DESCRIPTION: The singer is not like "fidgety folks ... famous for being too soon." "Punctuality's all very proper"; he is always "exactly ten minutes too late." He misses trains, arrives to propose after his rival, and at death's door will take his medicine too late.
AUTHOR: Harry Clifton (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: humorous nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greig/Duncan3 657, "Punctuality" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Ten minutes too late"
Roud #6083
File: GrD3657

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