Every Morning

DESCRIPTION: "Now I always used to over-sleep myself each morn," but now the singer has bought a cock, and "Every morning, every morning, I never over-sleep, 'tis true," because it wakes him up. He buys a hen as well, and now has eggs. He tells others to do the same
AUTHOR: Wyn Stanley and Andrew Allen (source: Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (sung by Florrie Forde, according to Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: bird chickens | sleep
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #111, "Every Morning" (1 text)
Roud #10733
File: Hows111

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