Sugar and Tea

DESCRIPTION: "Lead her up to sugar and tea, Lead her up to candy. You swing 'round that sugar and tea While I swing 'round that dandy." "Hi oh that sugar and tea, Hi oh that candy, You swing 'round that sugar and tea While I swing 'round that dandy."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1922 (Talley)
KEYWORDS: playparty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 71-72, "You Turn for Sugar an' Tea" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph 531, "Sugar and Tea" (1 text, 1 tune)
Spurgeon-WaltzTheHall-AmericanPlayParty, pp. 180-181, 182-183, "Sugar and Tea" (2 tets, 2 tunes)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 109, "Old Aunt Pearly" (1 short text, which looks closest to this although it might be "Weevily Wheat" or something similar)
ST R531 (Partial)
Roud #7643
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Dog in the Wood" (lyrics)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Sugar Loaf Tea
He Loves Sugar and Tea
NOTES [31 words]: This shares a chorus with the song I've indexed as "Dog in the Wood," but the verses are so distinct (that is a hunting song, this a courting song) that I've tentatively split them. - RBW
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File: R531

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