I Wish That I'd Been Born a Boy

DESCRIPTION: "I wish that I'd been born a boy, I really do, indeed, Then I might show the young men How in life I could succeed." She would show common sense rather than be a fop; she would pay her bills; she wouldn't hit women but rather other men who deserve it
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1871 (Henry de Marsan's New Comic and Sentimental Singer's Journal; also The "Little Brown Jug" Songster)
KEYWORDS: humorous cross-dressing fight
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Newman/Devlin-NeverWithoutASong, p. 262, "I Wish I'd Been Born a Boy" (1 short text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: _Henry de Marsan's New Comic and Sentimental Singer's Journal_, Number 19, 1871? (available on Google Books), p. 116, "I Wish That I'd Been Born a Boy" (1 text)
Roud #35882
NOTES [41 words]: I tagged this with the keyword "cross-dressing" not because the girl actually does so but because it's a sort of psychological cross-dressing song.
Most of the printings of this say it was sung by Alice Siedler, but they don't list an author. - RBW
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