It Won't Last Very Very Long

DESCRIPTION: "One fine night I toddled to a dance, what the people call a 'cinderella,'" and Miss Brown dances with him until he flees. He sells his horse as a cow. He wins a pig in a raffle; the family eats it or is beaten with it. But "it won't last very very long"
AUTHOR: Words: R. P. Weston (1878-1936) / Music: Frank W. Carter (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1902 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: dancing food commerce abuse
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #9, "It Won't Take Very Very Long" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "It won't last very very long"
Roud #10710
NOTES [18 words]: For the long list of songs by R. P. Weston, with various other authors, see the notes to "Goodbye-ee." - RBW
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