Alphabet Song (V)

DESCRIPTION: "A stands for apple that grew on a tree B was the boat that would hold you and me ... Z the new Zealander with his fine figured face."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1910 (Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople)
KEYWORDS: ship work food nonballad animal bird wordplay | alphabet
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople 3, "The Alphabet" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Alphabet Song" (I) (structure) and references there
NOTES [27 words]: Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople shares five of twenty-six items with Peacock ["Alphabet Song" (I)] and, of those, only A's line was close to being the same. - BS
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