Hat Me Old Man Wore, The

DESCRIPTION: "Good evening to you one and all, Good luck to you I say... I've brought with me a relic Of past happy days of yore." The singer tried to wear it in the Navy, and was not allowed, but he kept it as a good luck piece. Others should not touch it
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: clothes navy derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 129-130, "The Hat Me Old Man Wore" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Hat My Father Wore" (tune)
File: Tawn096

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