He Hey, Why Do We Pay?

DESCRIPTION: "When I was a youngster my father said, Boy, you're the kind of a fellow the girls will annoy. He hey, why do we pay for something we can't carry away?" Three hundred barmaids weep for the singer. Many people lock their daughters away from him
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe)
KEYWORDS: sailor sex bawdy royalty father
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe, pp. 120-122, "(He Hey, Why Do We Pay?)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #27883
NOTES [8 words]: I think we need a keyword, "Utterly obnoxious." - RBW
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