I Took It Home to Maria

DESCRIPTION: "I was going home late one morning, in the fog you see," when a girl asks him to hold her baby -- then runs off. "So I took it home to Maria, ‘cos ‘Ria hadn’t one," but she orders him to take it back. He brings home other things; she gets rid of them
AUTHOR: Harry Wincott and Harry Leighton (source; FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (source; FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: love home trick baby clothes bird chickens food
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #31, "I Took It Home to Maria" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "I took it home to Maria"
Roud #10699
File: Hows031

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