Things That Are Naughty Are Nice to Do

DESCRIPTION: "Things that are naughty are nice to do, Nice to do, nice to do, Things that are naughty are nice to do, So let's be nice and naughty."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | naughty nice
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 158, "Things that are naughty are nice to do" (1 text)
Roud #25399
NOTES [21 words]: My immediate instinct is that this was sung to the tune "Gathering Nuts in May," but I have no evidence for that conclusion. - RBW
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File: KSUC158A

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