Little Old Man and I Fell Out, A

DESCRIPTION: "A little old man (or My old man) and I fell out, How shall we bring this matter about? Bring it about as well as you can, Get you gone, you little old man." Or, "...fell out, And what do you think it was about? He had money and I had none...."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1810 (Gammer Gurton's Garland)
KEYWORDS: fight nonballad age | counting-out
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 40, "(My old man and I fell out)" (1 text)
Roud #19793
File: WEMM040A

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