Susan's Sunday Out

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, shan't I be delighted just when Sunday comes, I know... The fact is that next Sunday it is Susan's Sunday out." "My Susan is a scullery maid," who has "perkersites" and brings him food and tobacco. They will marry on her next Sunday out
AUTHOR: H. J. Whymark (source: sheet music by Oliver Ditson & Co)
EARLIEST DATE: 1865 (sheet music copyright)
KEYWORDS: courting servant marriage food drugs | scullery maid
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REFERENCES (4 citations):
HarryRichmondsMyYoungWifeAndISongster, pp. 23-25, "Susan's Sunday Out" (1 text)
Love-Among-the-Roses-Songster, p. 61, "Susan's Sunday Out" (1 text)
Velocipede-Songster, p. 16, "Susan's Sunday Out" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #2282, p. 152, "Susan's Sunday Out" (1 reference)
Roud #23581
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Happiest Fellow Out" (tune)
File: HRMS023

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