Paddy Don't Care

DESCRIPTION: "Some people there are you never can please; I am one who takes everything at my ease." His home is poor, his wife troublesome; the cats are noisy; he has seventeen children. "It's all one to me, for Paddy don't care!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1866 (WearingOfTheGreenSongster)
KEYWORDS: humorous wife home children
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
WearingOfTheGreenSongster, pp. 69-70, "Paddy Won't Care" (1 text, titled "Paddy Won't Care," but the text always says "Paddy Don't Care")
Roud #36072
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Ould Bog Hole" (tune, according to WearingOfTheGreenSongster)
File: SoPaDoCa

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