Squinty Dan

DESCRIPTION: "I'll tell you of a nice young man And of a maiden gal, The neighbors called him Squinty Dan And she long-legged Sal." He was a clam-seller, and fed her on clam soup, chowder, and pie. Jealous neighbours cause him to drop exploding clams (?) and disappear
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love courting death food | clams
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster, p. 10, "Squinty Dan" (1 text)
Roud #4307
NOTES [42 words]: Steve Roud lumps this with the well-known "Peter Gray." The style is somewhat similar, but it certainly isn't the same song. I have no reason to think that this is traditional; I'm indexing it only because it shares its Roud number with "Peter Gray." - RBW
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