Daisy Bell (II)

DESCRIPTION: Singer complains: "his wife and seven children all sing 'Daisy Bell' ... the whole day through." At dinner time "instead of having stew I've to suffer a rehearsal of 'A Bicycle for Two'" "... boys and girls across the hills are whistling 'Daisy Bell'"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1940 (McNulty Family recording)
KEYWORDS: music ordeal humorous nonballad children wife
FOUND IN:
Roud #46103
RECORDINGS:
Mick Moloney, "Daisy Bell" (on MoloneyCrownFarFromShamrockShore, MoloneyShenachieFarFromShamrockShore)
The McNulty Family, "Daisy Bell" (Decca 12246, 1940)

File: RcDaBel2

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