Driving Away at the Smoothing Iron

DESCRIPTION: The speaker admires his darling as, on successive days of the week, she does various laundry-related tasks, all the while she is ironing, which action he apparently adores.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909
KEYWORDS: love clothes work nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South)) US(SW)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Gardham-EarliestVersions, "DASHING AWAY WITH THE SMOOTHING IRON"
Sharp-OneHundredEnglishFolksongs 82, "Driving Away at the Smoothing Iron" (1 text, 1 tune)
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, p. 117, "Hanging Out the Linen Clothes" (1 text, 1 tune)
SongsOfAllTime, p. 18, "Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron" (1 text, 1 tune)
Kennedy-FolksongsOfBritainAndIreland 205, "The Linen Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, SMTHIRON*
Roud #869
RECORDINGS:
Fred Perrier, "The Linen Song" (on FSBFTX19)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
The Smoothing Iron
File: ShH82

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