Norrible Tale, A

DESCRIPTION: "I'll sing a norrible tale of woe, That happened some short time ago, To an ill-fated family." They live in a grim, dark house, alone. They all find ways to kill themselves, e.g. father blows out his brains with a sausage roll, mother drowns herself
AUTHOR: E. L. Blanchard (source: sheet music published by John Blockley)
EARLIEST DATE: 1865 (sheet music, according to FolkSongAndMusicHall, although J. L. Toole was probably singing it by 1855)
KEYWORDS: family death suicide humorous
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
OwenFawcetts-Paul-Pry-Songster, pp. 33-34, "A Norri-Bull Tail!" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Norrible Tale, A"
Roud #24493
ALTERNATE TITLES:
A Horrible Tale
The Suicidal Family
NOTES [12 words]: The term "gallows humor" could have been invented for this song.... - RBW
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File: OFPP033

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