Black Socks

DESCRIPTION: "Black socks, they never get dirty. The longer you wear them, the stronger they get. Some times I think of the laundry, But something inside me says: Don't send them yet."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1988 (Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook)
KEYWORDS: clothes derivative humorous campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, pp. 34-35, "Black Socks" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 101, "Black socks they never grow dirty" (notes only)
DT, BLAKSOCK*
RECORDINGS:
Judy Cook, "Black Socks/White Sails" (Fragment: Piotr-Archive #382, recorded 12/14/2022; "White Sails" is a variant on "White Wings")
Deborah Paulukaitis, "Black Socks" (Piotr-Archive #721, recorded 10/28/2023)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "White Wings" (tune)
File: PHCF035

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