I've Discovered a Glorious Wrinkle

DESCRIPTION: "I've discovered a glorious wrinkle, Never wake for twenty years, Glorious glorious Rip Van Winkle, Never woke up for twenty years."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | sleep Rip Van Winkle
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1819 - first publication of Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle"
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 162, "I've Discovered a Glorious Wrinkle" (1 short text)
Roud #25402
File: KSUC162B

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