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Joe Offer	Origins: Roll Over (aka Ten on/in the Bed) (31)	ADD : Nine Men Slept in a Boarding House Bed	13 Sep 21
Well, this is the earliest printed version I've found so far - 1948. NINE MEN SLEPT IN A BOARDING HOUSE BED Nine men slept in a boarding house bed, Roll over, roll over. They all rolled over when anyone said, "Roll over, roll over." One of them thought it would be a good joke, Not to roll over when anyone spoke, And in the souffle his neck got broke,'" Roll over, roll over. Eight men slept in a boarding house bed, Roll over, (etc. until nobody left) Thirteen slept in a shelter for six, One of them thought it would be a good prank To shove the others against the plank, But he (she) got thrown in the lake and sank Source: Song Fest, by Dick and Beth Best, published by the Intercollegiate Outing Club Association/Oliver Durrell Publishers, New York, ©1948 by R.L. Best - Page 95

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