Farewell to Girls

DESCRIPTION: "Oh I can love Sally, and I can love long, I can love an old sweetheart till a new one comes along." "Sometimes I drink whiskey, sometimes I drink rum.' The singer courted a girl who rejects him "because I got tight." (He thinks about further adventures)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah)
KEYWORDS: love courting drink rejection floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #92, "Farewell to Girls" (2 short texts, 1 tune)
Roud #10917
NOTES [59 words]: Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah's two texts both have three verses, only one of which they have in common. I don't know if they constitute a single song, and I don't know if it can properly be separated from other songs, e.g., of the "Rye Whiskey" type. In the absence of anything better, I file the piece separately, but don't take that as guaranteed. - RBW
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