Barton Mummers' Song

DESCRIPTION: "Mum, Mum, Mum, Dad, Dad, Dad, If you give me a ha'penny I'll be glad. Jack, put your horse in the stable; Yes, sir, if I am able. Able or not, the work must be done, So strike up the fiddle and play the drum; Mum, Mum, Mum, Dad, Dad, Dad."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1974 (Porter)
KEYWORDS: mother father music horse money
FOUND IN: Britain(England(Lond))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Enid Porter, _The Folklore of East Anglia_, Batsford, 1974, p. 62, "(no title)" (1 text)
File: XBarMumS

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