I Had a Little Dolly, And I Loved Her Well

DESCRIPTION: "I had a little dolly, And I loved her well. She had rosy cheeks, And I called her Rosy Bell." The singer teaches it to curtsey, go to bed, etc. But then the doll is lost, leaving the singer crying. At last she finds it, but "she was tattered and torn"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: separation | toy doll
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 68, "(I had a little dolly)" (1 text)
File: PKKB068A

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