Basket of Onions, The

DESCRIPTION: The singer engages in various activities (e.g. playing the ghost in "Hamlet"), but always thinks of the girl: "Oh, she loves another and it's no use to try, When oh, she sings out 'Sound onions, who'll buy?'"
AUTHOR: George Leybourne and James Bayman (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: love food
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Meredith/Covell/Brown-FolkSongsOfAustraliaVol2, pp. 106-107, "The Basket of Onions" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Basket of Onions"
Roud #V56120
File: MCB106

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