I'm Ninety-Five

DESCRIPTION: "I'm ninety-five, I'm ninety-five, And to keep single I'll contrive." Men have tried to win the spinster's love, but she wants no children, nor deceitful-tongued men, nor flattering husbands. She warns against men who wink at you
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1854 (various Bodleian broadsides)
KEYWORDS: courting rejection age
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
New-Comic-Songster, pp. 48-49, "I'm Ninety-Five" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #21, pp. 32-33, "I'm Ninety-five" (1 text)
Roud #23116
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, 2806 c.16(7a)=Harding B 25(1409), Swindells (Mancheser), 1796-1853; also 2806 c.16(14)=Harding B 16(181c), "I'm Ninety-FIve, I'm Nnety-Five," G. Jacques (Manchester), c. 1850; also Harding B 11(4187), "I'm Ninety-Five," H. Disley (London), 1860-1883; also Firth b.26(492)=Harding B 11(533), W. R. Walker/B. Steward (Newcastle & Carlisle), n.d.; Firth b.26(73)=Harding B 11(1727), unknown, n.d.; Firth b.27(180)=Harding B 11(2811)=Johnson Ballads 2726=Johnson Ballads 3349, unknown, n.d.; Firth b.27(272), unknown, n.d.; Firth b.27(357), unknown, n.d.; Firth c.14(128)=Harding B 11(368), H. Such (London), 1863-1885
File: NCSIm95

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