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GUEST,Galley	Lyr Req: today's the day we give babies away (82* d)	RE: Lyr Req: today's the day we give babies away	20 Oct 06
In response to Q who dated the ditty "Today's the day they give babies away with half a pound of tea; open the lid and out jumps the kid with a written guarantee" to around 1910 or slightly earlier. Can you tell me the source for the information? I'm doing research on baby-farming in America during the 19th and early 20th centuries, and this sounds like a rhyme that might have been a social comment on the practice.

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