O Katy Connor, I Dote Upon Her

DESCRIPTION: "O Katy Connor, I dote upon her, Her big feet take up the street And stop the tramway cars. If she should take the notion to die into the ocean I'd never marry Katy Till there's whiskers on cigars."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: derivative love rejection marriage humorous
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 100, "O Katy Connor, I Dote Upon Her" (1 text)
Roud #37299
NOTES [29 words]: This appears to be a parody of "Katy Connor," a music hall song Fowke attributes to Tom Leamore and Austin Rudd, but that song does not appear to have gone into tradition. - RBW
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File: KSUC100B

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