Where Do Flies Go in the Wintertime?

DESCRIPTION: "Where do flies go in the wintertime? Do they go to Gay Paree? When they've finished buzzing round our beef and ham, When they've finished jazzing our raspberry jam, Do they clear like swallows every year... Tell me, tell me, where do...."
AUTHOR: Sam Mayo and Frank Leo (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: bug travel questions | winter
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 157, "Where do flies go in the wintertime?" (1 text)
Roud #37286
NOTES [44 words]: The sheet music reports this was "Sung by G. S. Melvin." It appears the sheet music would spell the title "Where do Flies go in the Winter Time?"
Incidentally, the primary answer to the question is, they lay eggs which survive the winter then hatch in spring. - RBW
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File: KSUC157A

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