Knees Up, Mother Brown

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, knees up, Mother Brown, Knees up, Mother Brown, Come along, dearie, let it go, Ee-I-Ee-I-Ee-I-O, It's your bloomin' birthday, Let's wake up all the town, So, knees up, knees up, Don't get the breeze up, Knees up, Mother Brown."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, p. 17, "Knees Up, Mother Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 78, "(Knees up, Mother Brown)" (1 short text, from user John5918, posted September 19, 2021)
ST Hopk017A (Partial)
Roud #24984
SAME TUNE:
Jumping Through the Hole (File: WJL238)
NOTES [70 words]: I heard a YouTube clip that had a "Knees Up, Mother Brown" segment in it, which made it appear that it was a music hall song, but I haven't seen a printed version.
This often includes a segment,
Oh my, what a rotten song, what a rotten song, what a rotten song
Oh my, what a rotten song, and what a rotten singer too-oo-oo...
which sometimes floats, but I'm filing it here because this seems to be the place it started. - RBW
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File: Hopk017A

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