Not for Joseph

DESCRIPTION: "Joseph Baxer is my name, My friends all call me Joe. I'm up, you know, to every game, And everything I know. Ah, I was green as green could be, I suffered for it though; Now, if they try it on with me, I tell them not for Joe."
AUTHOR: Arthur Lloyd (source: Scott)
EARLIEST DATE: 1867 (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
KEYWORDS: gambling nonballad
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REFERENCES (16 citations):
Scott-EnglishSongBook, pp. 94-95, "Not for Joseph" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Spaeth-ReadEmAndWeep, pp. 47-48, "Not for Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1626, p. 110, "Not for Joseph" (1 reference)
New-Comic-Songster, p. 18, "Not for Joseph" (1 text, 1 tune)
JSBerrys-Flying-Trapeze-Songster, pp. 9010, "Not for Joseph" (1 text, mostly new verses with some intermingled recitations)
JohnnyWilds-What-Am-I-Doing-Songster, pp. 52-54, "Not for Joseph" (1 text, another version with intermingled recitations)
Mabel-Waltz-Songster, p. 44, "Not for Joseph" (1 text, also with intermingled recitations)
Rootle-Tum-Tootle-Tum-Tay-Songster, pp. 17-18, "Not for Joseph" (1 text)
Archy-Hughes-George-the-Charmer-Songster, pp. 21-22, "Not for Joseph" (1 text)
Chapman-Sisters-Songster, p. 53, "Not for Joseph" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #21, pp. 54-55, "Not for Joseph: No. 2" (1 text, a sort of continuation in which Joseph continues to reject attempts to trick him)
Lydia-Thompson-Songster, p. 19, "Not for Joseph" (1 text)
Walking-Down-Broadway-Songster, p. 58, "Not for Joseph" (1 text)
Clowns-Shoo-Fly-Songster, p. 36, "Not for Joseph" (1 text)
Old-Clowns-Whoa-January-Songster, p. 38, "Not for Joseph" (1 text)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Not for Joseph"
Roud #13681
SAME TUNE:
Not for Hans ("Hans Von Gelder ish my name, Mein friens dey galls me Hans") (by Jule Keen) (Keen-Love-Among-Der-Sweitzer-Songster, p. 28)
NOTES [32 words]: This seems to exist in two forms, one mentioning Joseph Baxter, one not. Arthur Lloyd's version is the Joseph Baxter version; I wonder if the name was taken out to conceal his authorship. - RBW
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