And His Day's Work Was Done

DESCRIPTION: "Oh I often lie abed and think what an awful thing is work, I know a man who started it and ended with a jerk": he drove his car a hundred miles an hour "and his day's work was done." Others have disasters which make the singer reach the same conclusion
AUTHOR: T. W. Connor (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1903 (composed, according to FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: work crash disaster death humorous
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #2, "Beery Bob" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "And His Day’s Work was Done"
Roud #12908
NOTES [44 words]: Looking at this text reminds me of the "I Learned About Horses from Him" type of song, but I don't think there is a relationship, though author Connor might have known Kipling's source poem "The Ladies," which was published in Barrack-Room Ballads in 1892 . - RBW
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