Wedding Song (I -- Get a Little Wife)

DESCRIPTION: "Now some people think it's jolly for to lead a single live, But I believe in marriage and the comforts of a wife." "It's worth your while a-felling out to make it up again." They'll have a nice home. So get a table and chair, prepare a home, and marry
AUTHOR: Harry Linn (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1882 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: courting home wife nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hamer-GreenGroves, pp. 78-79, "Wedding Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Get a little table"
Roud #1155
File: HaGr078

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