Popsy Wopsy

DESCRIPTION: "Oh! I'm a helpless female, an unprotected female. My husband's been and gone, He's gone to join the Mormons...." But she intends to follow him "to teach him, though he may have a dozen wives, still I am NUMBER ONE." Women are warned about men
AUTHOR: see NOTES
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster)
KEYWORDS: husband wife abandonment warning | Mormon
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster, p. 21, "Popsy Wopsy" (1 text)
Kelly-Leon-Ching-Chow-Hi-Songster, p. 3, "Popsy WOpsy)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Popsy Wopsy"
Roud #24467
NOTES [63 words]: Wallace-Vocal-Gems-Songster and Kelly-Leon-Ching-Chow-Hi-Songster attribute the words of this to "Miss A. Alexander" and the music to Paul Ritter. A different American version credits "Harry Miller." FolkSongAndMusicHall suggests Charles Merion. In general I trust the attributions at FolkSongAndMusicHall more than the others, but I don't think it can be considered proved. - RBW
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