The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10100   Message #4009361
Posted By: Lighter
17-Sep-19 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Old Rosin the Bow / Rosin the Beau
Subject: RE: Origins: Old Rosin the Bow / Rosin the Beau
As early as 1797 (long before the known popularity of "Rosin the Beau"), a writer made reference to "that highly obscene and ridiculous song, beginning with,

    I met Moll Roe in the morning,
    Her tail it was draggled with dew, &c.

Don't you hate those pesky "&c.'s"?