My Sweet Mary Ann

DESCRIPTION: "She's charming neat and handsome, Her middle ye could span, The only one that entices me Is my sweet Mary Anne"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (Greig/Duncan5)
KEYWORDS: love nonballad beauty
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greig/Duncan5 944, "My Sweet Mary Ann" (1 text)
Roud #6759
NOTES [74 words]: The current description is all of the Greig/Duncan5 fragment.
Is the Greig/Duncan5 fragment related to the floating "She's my darling, she's my daisy, She's humpbacked and she's crazy... She's my freckled-faced consumptive Mary Ann" from "Hungry Hash House" and "Sara Jane?" I have to admit it's a reach. - BS
I'd be willing to bet that the "freckle-faced consumptive" fragment is a parody of this. Finding evidence, though, will be tough. - PJS
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File: GrD5944

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