Sammy Shuttleworth's Party

DESCRIPTION: "Old Sammy Shuttleworth of Lancashire, He gave a party last neet... The guests they were fat and the house was small. They go stuck in the entrance hall." Many people come. There is much unusual food and drink, and unusual people go together
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1980 (Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire)
KEYWORDS: party home humorous moniker doctor food drink courting dancing
FOUND IN: Britain(England(North))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire, pp. 76-77, "Sammy Shuttleworth's Party" (1 text)
Roud #31167
NOTES [34 words]: Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire calls this "Music Hall at its best," but no source I have seen mentions an actual music hall source. It does seem as if a lot of people in Lancashire knew the song, though. - RBW
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File: MHFL076

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