Cuckanandy

DESCRIPTION: Macaronic. "He didn't dance today... he won't till after tea." "Throw him oversea... He'll be here for tea." "Throw him up high...he'll come down by-and-by"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin)
KEYWORDS: nonballad baby food
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin 41, "Cuckanandy" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5301
RECORDINGS:
Elizabeth Cronin, "Cuckanandy" (on IRECronin01)
NOTES [42 words]: OCroinin/Cronin-TheSongsOfElizabethCronin translating a Seamus Ennis note about the song: "As the old women used to have when they were making sport for youngsters, dandling them on their knees or in their laps." Includes a final mouth music verse. - BS
Last updated in version 3.2
File: OCC041

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