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Thread #16153   Message #3569709
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Oct-13 - 03:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Jingo Song / Macdermott's War Song
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jingo Song / Macdermott's War Song
Nineteenth C. song sheet:

"Pop Him Into Limbo"

1
Our Queen woke up the other night
And filled the room with laughter,
She sang aloud, in sweet delight,
Now petticoats is master
The married women rule the roast*
Most excellent, by jingo
Give him six long months in quad
And pop him into limbo.
Now, if a man offends his wife,
He must pay twenty pounds by jingo
Or else for six very long months
They'll pop him into limbo.

and etc.

Song sheet in American Memory.

I'll leave it to someone familiar with the court case and the time to explain the song.