Wireless Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, my wife she's mad on wireless, it really is a sin, The way she kept on nagging me until I caught the craze of listening in." He wants to fix the aerial to a pole. He has many trying to mount it, and finally give up; his wife uses the pole for washing
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk)
KEYWORDS: husband wife technology | wireless radio
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Howson-SongsSunginSuffolk, #117, "The Wireless Song" (1 text)
Roud #10734
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Wireless on the Brain" (theme of a woman obsessed with the wireless)
NOTES [22 words]: This is another of those songs that uses many other melodies -- in the case of Howson's text, no fewer than eleven different tunes! - RBW
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File: Hows117

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