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Thread #5218   Message #2421657
Posted By: Jim Dixon
25-Aug-08 - 07:29 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Today Is Monday
Subject: Lyr Add: SLUMGULLION SONG
York, Dorothea, and Arthur Boughton. Mud and Stars; An Anthology of World War Songs and Poetry. New York: H. Holt and Co, 1931, page 28:

SLUMGULLION SONG

Today is Monday, today is Monday,
Monday is slumgullion;
All you hungry brothers,
We wish the same to you.

Tuesday, string beans.
Wednesday, soup.
Thursday, roast beef.
Friday, fish.
Saturday, pay day.
Sunday, church.

--From "Songs of the Service for the American Legion."