Nancy (At Eight O'Clock)

DESCRIPTION: "At eight o'clock at neet, I went a-courtin' Nancy, She come t' garden gate, And said I weren't her fancy." He asks why. She says she only courted him because no one else would have her. Now she has another beau. He will go home... and have supper
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire)
KEYWORDS: love courting rejection food humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire, p. 60, "Nancy" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [26 words]: Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire gives no indication of where this came from. I wish I could say more about it; the anti-climax at the end is quite funny. - RBW
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File: HFSL060

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