Down in Dear Old Greenwich Village

DESCRIPTION: "Way down south in Greenwich Village, that's the field for cultural tillage; there they have artistic ravings, tea and awful cravings." In Greenwich women bob their hair and look for men and look for "distillage" and otherwise act in shocking ways
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (Shay-BarroomBallads/PiousFriendsDrunkenCompanions)
KEYWORDS: nonballad home travel courting drink
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shay-BarroomBallads/PiousFriendsDrunkenCompanions, pp. 128-130, "Down in Dear Old Greenwich Village" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #9537
File: SBar128

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