Old Adam

DESCRIPTION: "I'm very sorry for old Adam, Just as sorry as can be, For he never had no mammy For to hold him on her knee." "And I've always had the feeling He'd a-let that apple be If he'd only had a mammy For to hold him on her knee."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag)
KEYWORDS: Bible mother
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, p. 339, "Old Adam" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4566
File: San339

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