My Old Dutch
DESCRIPTION: "I've got a pal, A reg'lar out an' outer... a dear good old gal... 'Er 'air was then as black as jet, It's whiter now, but she don't fret, Not my old gal!" "We've been together now for forty years,... There ain't a lady As I'd swop for my dear old Dutch"
AUTHOR: Words: Albert Chevalier / Music: Charles Ingle (source: sheet music on Wikipedia)
EARLIEST DATE: 1892 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: love age hair clothes
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, pp. 226-227, "My Old Dutch" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "My Old Dutch"
Roud #25943
File: PSoS226
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