Man Who Can't Keep Still, The

DESCRIPTION: "Since the days when I was a little child, I've heard my mother say, There was nothing ever would keep me still, By night or yet by day." Even now "I really can't keep still." Beaten at school, unable to sit in church, he's unable to stay still to work
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster)
KEYWORDS: humorous work mother dancing | distraction
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf) Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
We-Parted-By-the-River-Side-Songster, p. 62, "The Man Who Can't Keep Still" (1 text)
Beautiful-Bells-Songster, p. 51, "The Man Who Can't Keep Still" (1 text)
Bryants-Put-Me-In-My-Little-Bed-Songster, p. 57, "I Really Can't Keep Still" (1 text)
Roud #37191 and V15733
File: WPRS062

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