Boers Have Got My Daddy, The

DESCRIPTION: "This morning in a busy street, A tiny lad I spied," who was saying, "The Boers have got my daddy, My soldier dad; I don't want to hear my mamma sigh.... I'm going on a big ship... I'm going to fight the Boers I am, And bring my daddy home again."
AUTHOR: A. J. Mills and Harry Castling (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: mother children soldier
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1899-1902 - Boer War
FOUND IN: Ireland US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 67, "(The Boers have got my daddy)" (1 text)
Roud #38480
NOTES [27 words]: This was apparently a music hall song first sung by Tom Costello. There does not seem to be a record of the exact date of composition, but it was around 1900. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.6
File: PKKB067E

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