Bag of Nails, A

DESCRIPTION: "My merry, gentle people, pray Come listen to me a minute." The singer's subject is nails. Women are like a bag of nails. An old man is a hob-nail. "The doctor nails you with his bill." If you like this song, then the singer has hit the nail on the head
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1864 (RodeyMaguiresComicVarietySongster)
KEYWORDS: humorous derivative warning money | nails
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
RodeyMaguiresComicVarietySongster, pp. 24-25, "A Bag of Nails" (1 text)
Roud #26083
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Bow Wow Wow" (tune) and references there
File: RMCV024

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