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Thread #97222   Message #1910192
Posted By: Richie
15-Dec-06 - 09:18 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Weevily Wheat
Subject: RE: Origins: Weevily Wheat
SOCIAL LIFE AND SCENES IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
(By James Haines.)

The author mentions the date 1855 so this version would pre-date this:

OLD PLAY AND FORFEIT SONGS.


4.
I won't have any your weevily wheat
I won't have any your barley,
I won't have any your weevily wheat
To make a cake for Charley.

Charley he is a nice young man,
Charley he is a dandy;
Charley likes to kiss the girls
Whenever it comes handy.

Also listed is a Pretty Little Pink variant:

OLD PLAY AND FORFEIT SONGS.

We are marching down towards Old Quebec
Where the drums are loudly beating,
The Americans have gained the day
And the British are retreating.

The wars are o'er and we'll turn back
No more forever to be parted;
We'll open the ring and choose a couple in
Because they are true-hearted.