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: R. H. Weston, Bert Lee (1880-1946), and I.Taylor (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (sheet music, according to FolkSongAndMusicHall), although it's thought to date from the era of World War I
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada
REFERENCES (3 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)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Knees up Mother Brown"
ST Hopk017A (Partial)
Roud #24984
SAME TUNE:
Jumping Through the Hole (File: WJL238)
NOTES [63 words]: 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.
Note that R. H. Weston is not the same person as Bert Lee's regular collaborator R. P. Weston; R. H. was the son of R. P. - RBW
Last updated in version 7.0
File: Hopk017A

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