Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy

DESCRIPTION: "At the club one evening Jones was telling all his pals How much he hated girls despite their golden girls, " but another fellow says, "Hold your hand out, naughty boy"; he's seen Jones with a girl. Others have been with girls despite saying otherwise
AUTHOR: C. W. Murphy & Worton David (source: Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
EARLIEST DATE: 1912 (Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
KEYWORDS: courting lie
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, pp. 228-229, "Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy" (1 excerpt)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy"
Roud #V24958
SAME TUNE:
Keep Your Head Down, Allemand (File: AWTBW023)
NOTES [54 words]: For other songs in the Index co-written by Worton David, see the notes to "That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine." C. W. Murphy was responsible for "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?," "Let's All Go Down the Strand!," "She's a Lassie from Lancashire," "I've Got a Good Idea Where It's Gone To," and "Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy." - RBW
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