There seems to be an awful lot of songs & rhymes that mention forty-fours.
Maybe that's because the word 'four' rhymes with so many words. Or maybe there are at least forty four other reasons.
Having nothing better to do :( I checked Mudcat search engine and noticed that there were a number of songs whose lyrics mention forty-four. And the Mudcat search engine cites 115 examples of forty four-in one form or another. I guess this post makes 116 and counting.
I'm sure it's not necessary, but my categorizing jones has kicked in and I thought about how much 'neater' it would be if there was one thread that listed all the songs & rhymes folks could think of that mentioned forty-four. I'm including rhymes 'cause "off the top of my head" I can think of some gory children's rhymes that mention 44. I bet you can, too.
If you've got a notion, join me in listing titles or adding lyrics to this wide ranging family of forty-four rhymes.