Gaffer Gray

DESCRIPTION: "Ho! Why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Gray? And why does thy nose look so blue?" Gray's clothes are old, he is old, and the weather is bad. The priest, the lawyer, the squire will not help. But other poor men will share what little they have
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1863 (Dime-Song-Book #10)
KEYWORDS: hardtimes poverty clothes drink
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Dime-Song-Book #10, pp. 32-33, "Gaffer Grey" (1 text)
New-Comic-Songster, p. 5, "Gaffer Gray" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #16599
File: NCSGafGr

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