Ginger, You're Balmy

DESCRIPTION: Taunt against those with red hair. The singer says, "I'm always in the fashion, I'm a noted chap for that," but when he goes out without a hat, he hears, "Ginger, you're balmy/barmy, So is our Mammy."
AUTHOR: Fred Murray (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: hair colors mother
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 49, "Ginger, you're barmy" (1 short text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Ginger, You're Balmy"
Roud #37282
File: KSUC049A

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