Toby

DESCRIPTION: "When I came down from the North country, I looked so poor and toggy, A lie I am not telling you, All were deceived in Toby." Time and again, Toby shows up in some situation and proves himself capable, e.g. he goes to a pub, and he is able to pay
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1891 (Baring Gould collection, from Matthew Ford)
KEYWORDS: clothes money cards trick disguise
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gundry-CanowKernow-SongsDancesFromCornwall, p. 27, "Toby" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3310
File: Gund027

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