Mary Was a Three-badge Wren

DESCRIPTION: "Mary was a three-badge Wren, Her hair was fair and curly, She joined the Wrens in 1910, just 30 years too early." "As a glamour girl she wished to pass." She tries to snag a sailor (or more), but ends up with someone undesirable; other Wrens are warned
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1987 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: sailor courting clothes derivative warning
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 119-120, "Mary Was a Three-badge Wren" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Yankee Doodle" (tune)
File: Tawn090

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