Baby on the Shore, The

DESCRIPTION: "The sun was setting, slowlysetting, Setting as it never set before... So we sat upon the baby on the shore." "The sun, the sun was shining brightly, Brightly as it never shone before. We were thinking of the old folks... we left the baby on the shore"
AUTHOR: Probably George Grossmith
EARLIEST DATE: 1893 (see Grossmith's Wikipedia entry)
KEYWORDS: baby humorous
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, pp. 158-159, "The sun was setting, slowly setting" (1 text)
Roud #25401
NOTES [78 words]: Two verses of this occur in an online volume, The George Grossmith Birthday Book, the PDF version of this saying it was edited by David Trutt and published in 1909. But it says that the original George Grossmith Birthday Book was published in 1904, so that is presumably the earliest date. Grossmith himself, who played several roles in original Gilbert and Sullivan productions, lived 1847-1912, and Wikipedia says he produced a sketch "Baby on the Shore" in 1893. - RBW
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