Tin Gee-Gee, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come along to the Lowther/Leather/Queen's Arcade, The source of childhood's joys." "And as I passed a certain stall, said a wee little voice... O, I am a Colonel in a little cocked hat, and I ride on a tin Gee Gee." Telling the tin soldier's adventures
AUTHOR: Fred Cape (source: sheet music by T.B. Harms & Co. saying it was "Sung by Josephine Hall in 'Mam'selle 'Awkins'")
EARLIEST DATE: 1894 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: commerce soldier | toys
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 91, "Come along to the Queen's Arcade" (1 text)
Roud #18886
File: KSUC091A

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