Simon the Cellarer

DESCRIPTION: "Old Simon the Cellarer keeps a rare store" of liquor, and drinks "his sober six flagons a day." "Dame Margery" also consumes heavily. It is suggested that the two would be good for each other. He says, "What, marry old Margery? No! no! no!"
AUTHOR: Words: W. H. Bellamy / Music: J. L. Hatton (source: Heart-Songs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (Dime-Song-Book #5)
KEYWORDS: drink courting age
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
New-Comic-Songster, p. 10, "Simon the Cellarer" (1 text, 1 tune)
Heart-Songs, pp. 348-349, "Simon the Cellarer" (1 text, 1 tune)
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 71, "Simon the Cellarer" (1 text)
NOTES [21 words]: A piece by this name was collected in Virginia, which is why I have indexed it, although I have not seen the Virginia piece. - RBW
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