Dandy Pat

DESCRIPTION: "I'm the boy called Dandy Pat, Dandy Pat, I was born in the town of Balinafat, Dandy Pat-I-O." He courts Kitty Malloy. He is handsome, funny, well-dressed, and very Irish. Girls seek to win him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1867 (Broadside Bodleian Harding B 11(3237))
KEYWORDS: courting clothes
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
New-Comic-Songster, p. 29, "Dandy Pat" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 142, "Dandy Pat" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #24, p. 55, "Dandy Pat" (1 text)
Roud #18381
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 11(3237), "Dandy Pat," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866
NOTES [15 words]: Probably not traditional, but this ended up in an amazing collection of songsters.... - RBW
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File: NCS029

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