Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant-Major

DESCRIPTION: "Private Jones came home one night, full of beer and very tight," embraces his seargeant, and begs, "Kiss me good-night, Sergeant-Major, Tuck me in my little wooden bed. We all love you, Sergeant-Major, when we hear you bawling, 'Show a leg!'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1979 (Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear)
KEYWORDS: soldier drink humorous
FOUND IN: Canada Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hopkins-SongsFromTheFrontAndRear, pp. 78-79, "Kiss Me Good-night, Sergeant-Major" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16962
RECORDINGS:
Christine Mary C. Morris, "Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major" (Extremely short fragment: Piotr-Archive #37, recorded 07/20/2021)
File: Hopk078B

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