I Must Go Out on Sundays

DESCRIPTION: "I'm Jenny Jenks, the kitchen maid, Of hard work not at all afraid... But I must go out on Sundays." She will work six days a week. A lady will not hire her in that case. She goes courting her beau -- and is locked out
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (JennieEngelsDearLittleShamrockSongster)
KEYWORDS: servant work humorous courting | Sunday
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
JennieEngelsDearLittleShamrockSongster, pp. 51-53, "I Must Go Out on Sundays" (1 text)
Roud #24502
BROADSIDES:
Library of Congress, American Song Sheets, "Miss Jink's Sunday Out" (sic.), H. de Marsan (New York), n.d.
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Maid's Lament (I)" (theme, lyrics)
cf. "Captain Jinks" (tune, according to "The Canadian Rose Bud Song Book")
NOTES [63 words]: This is pretty clearly the original of "The Maid' Lament (I)"; the first two verses of the Hamer text of the latter song are straight out this one. But the verse form is different, and "I Must Go Out on Sundays" is much longer. If they didn't have separate Roud numbers, I would lump them, but since they have the different numbers, I have (very hesitantly) kept them separate. - RBW
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