Slap Bang, Such Jolly Dogs Are We

DESCRIPTION: "There is a school of jolly dogs I've lately come across, They're game for any mortal thing." "Slap, bang, here we are again... What jolly dogs are we." "We dance, we sing, we laugh, oh ha... Fal la la, fal la la,...." They gather, drink, dine, go home
AUTHOR: Harry Copeland (source: sheet music published by H. D'Alcorn, Oxford)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster)
KEYWORDS: drink food nonballad
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REFERENCES (5 citations):
We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster, p. 7, Slap Bang: or, Jolly Dogs Are We" (1 text)
Cohans-Dublin-Jarvey-Songster, p. 35, "Slap Bang: or, Jolly Dogs Are We" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1148, p. 79, "Jolly Dogs" (1 reference)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Slap Bang Here We Are Again, or THE SCHOOL OF JOLLY DOGS"
DT, JOLLYDOG
Roud #46974
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Slap Bang" (lyrics)
SAME TUNE:
The Jolly Cats ("There are a lot of jolly cats That often meet at night To hold a concert on the tiles") (Words by G. W. Hunt) (Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 37)
NOTES [16 words]: The versions of this seem to be very diverse. Maybe because everyone who sings it is drunk.... - RBW
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File: WPRS007

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