Here Comes Susie

DESCRIPTION: "Here comes Susie, Strutting like a floozie, Here comes Susie, All day long." "Here comes another one, Just like the other one, Here comes another one, All day long." "This way Valerie (x3), All day long."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, pp, 89-90, "Here Comes Susie" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16803
NOTES [50 words]: There is no agreement about the origin and age of the word "floozie." But all sources seem to agree that it did not become common until the middle third of the twentieth century, so this song and game cannot be much older than the version printed by List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana. - RBW
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