All the Men in Our Town

DESCRIPTION: "All the men in our town lead a happy life Except [boys-name] and he wants a wife." He picks [girls-name] "dandlin' on his knee" Sometimes she makes a pudding. Sometimes she might, or does, die, he would cry, and she would be buried.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1906 (Greig/Duncan8)
KEYWORDS: wedding death funeral bachelor playparty
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond),Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Greig/Duncan8 1577, "All the Men in Our Town" (2 texts)
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 21, "All the Boys in our Town" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #9, "All the boys in our towm" (1 text)
Roud #12969
NOTES [19 words]: Roud for some reason lumps this with William Allingham's "The Fairies (Up the Airy Mountain)." I don't see it. - RBW
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File: GrD81577

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