Wee Cup of Tay, The

DESCRIPTION: "As Jack from the market came the other day, His wife she sat drinking her wee cup of tay." Jack complains "I must work hard, not a shirt to my back" while she has finery and her tea. She attacks "what money you spend in whisky and beer." They argue.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Ives-DriveDullCareAway-PrinceEdwardIsland)
KEYWORDS: shrewishness drink humorous husband wife accusation
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-DriveDullCareAway-PrinceEdwardIsland, pp. 167-169, 256, "The Wee Cup of Tay" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13985
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, L.C.Fol.178.A.2(026), "John and his Wife on using Tea," James Lindsay (Glasgow), c. 1855; also L.C.Fol.178.A.2(054) (same publication data as the preceding, though the title is reset)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Tay" (theme)
File: IvDC167

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