Don't Marry a Man If He Drinks

DESCRIPTION: "Young ladies, pray listen to me, And keep just as quiet as mice... No matter what people may say... If you wish to be happy the rest of your days, Don't marry a man if he drinks." He may be handsome and gay, but trouble will come in time
AUTHOR: Words: Mrs. M. A. Kidder / Music: Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst (source: sheet music published by Horace Waters)
EARLIEST DATE: 1872 (Harrigan-Hart-MulcaheyTwinsSongster); I think the sheet music says the song is from 1868, but the year was not entirely legible
KEYWORDS: drink warning
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Harrigan-Hart-MulcaheyTwinsSongster, p. 37, "Don't Marry a Man if He Drinks" (1 text)
JennieHughes-DollyVardenSongster, p. 37, "Don't Marry a Man if He Drinks" (1 text)
Roud #27784
NOTES [25 words]: I have no real evidence that this song is traditional, but it has a Roud number (based on a copy in an Australian newspaper), so I'm indexing it. - RBW
Last updated in version 7.2
File: HHMT037

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