Wedding of the Wooden Leg Family, The (Bumpity Bump)

DESCRIPTION: "Now I had an invitation to the church last Saturday morning" to attend a wedding. Everyone there had a wooden leg, or "bumpity-bump": the bride, the groom, the parson. The best man is missing because his leg is being repaired
AUTHOR: Harry Castling and Bennett Scott (source: Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
EARLIEST DATE: 1895 (sheet music, according to Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: marriage clergy disability
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #24, "Wooden Leg-family" (1 text)
Roud #10703
NOTES [46 words]: I think this is supposed to be funny, but for the life of my I can't see why anyone would think it so.
This was originally titled "Bumpity Bump," but that title has apparently been used for at least two other songs, one a children's song and one recorded by Smiley Lewis. - RBW
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