Upper Ten, The

DESCRIPTION: "Like famous Jack Bragg, that dashing blade, Who lived in bygone days... Myself I thought to raise In this fashionable world," so he spends his money "Among the upper ten [thousand]." He courts a fine lady, who rejects him when she learns his background
AUTHOR: Words: William H. Lingard (1837-1927) (source: Lydia-Thompson-Songster_
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Lydia-Thompson-Songster)
KEYWORDS: love courting money rejection
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lydia-Thompson-Songster, pp. 28-29, "The Upper Ten" (1 text)
Up-In-a-Balloon-Songster, pp. 4-5, "The Upper Ten" (1 text)
Roud #24503
NOTES [54 words]: For more on author William H. Lingard, see the notes to "Captain Jinks."
The phrase "The Upper Ten" or "The Upper Ten Thousand" was used in the nineteenth century for the upper class in New York (compare the modern "the one percent"); it has its own Wikipedia article. I have no idea what "Jack Bragg" is a reference to. - RBW
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