Hungarian Christening, A

DESCRIPTION: "On Chewsday [Tuesday] last week as I laid on the sofa, Me backbone was sore" when a Hungarian comes and asks the singer to "stand for me child" -- the first time an Irishman has done so. But he won't eat their food; he and his wife have to flee
AUTHOR: Con Carbon? (source: Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
KEYWORDS: baby party humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 133-134, "A Hungarian Christening" (1 text)
NOTES [69 words]: Korson's sources attributed this to Con Carbon, the most noteworthy songwriter of the anthracite region, but Korson apparently didn't get it directly from Carbon. I'm not sure it's traditional, and it certainly isn't very generous to foreigners, but I'm including it just in case.
Con Carbon, the purported author of this piece, is also known for "Me Johnny Mitchell Man"; see that song for other songs of his. - RBW
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File: KMMP133

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