Dorothy Dean

DESCRIPTION: "For years I've been courting a lady, beautiful Dorothy Dean, But ... Since Mister Alberto McSpringer brought out his new flying machine, At Lover's Lane vainly I linger... Oh, Dorothy, Dorothy Dean!... She's suddenly flown to regions unknown...."
AUTHOR: Harry Dacre (source: traditionalmusic.co.uk)
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood); sheet music reportedly published by T. B. Harms & Co. in 1894
KEYWORDS: love abandonment technology | flying machine
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 104, "O Dorothy, Dorothy Dean" (1 fragment)
Roud #24526
NOTES [28 words]: Harry Dacre, who apparently wrote this song, is best known for "Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy Bell)," which as of this writing is his only other song in the Index. - RBW
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File: KSUC104C

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