Timothy (An S-O-N-G; As I Was Walking)

DESCRIPTION: "As I was a-walking one morning in May," the singer hears a girl tell her true love that her rich father will not pay anything "If I marries with Y-O-U." He says to never mind her F-A-T-H-E-R. They wed. The father says, "You're W-E-double-L-C-O-M"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Purslow-MarrowBones)
KEYWORDS: love courting marriage father wordplay
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Purslow-MarrowBones, p. 82, "An S-O-N-G" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #965
File: PuMB082

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