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Thread #5218 Message #3235413
Posted By: GUEST,James
07-Oct-11 - 12:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Today Is Monday
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Today Is Monday
My mother taught me this song, which she may have learned in her childhood as a child of the Great Depression. Her verse pattern was:
Today is Monday. Today is Monday.
Monday wash day, Is everybody happy? Well I should say!
And each verse repeated the things from the previous days as in other entries in the thread. Her verses, I believe, were:
Monday wash day,
Tuesday ironing,
Wednesday soup, (or perhaps "shopping" [grocery])
Thursday roast beef,
Friday fish,
Saturday pay day, and
Sunday church.