The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #172802   Message #4198784
Posted By: and e
08-Mar-24 - 10:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Pink Pajamas
Subject: RE: Origins: Pink Pajamas
THE CLAM DIGGER
(Air, "John Brown's Body")

I know a man who went digging for some clams.
I know a man who went digging for some clams.
I know a man who went digging for some clams.
And he didn't catch a bally bally clam.

Glory, glory, to the CLAM DIGGER.
Glory, glory, to the Clam Digger.
Glory, glory, to the Clam Digger.
For he never caught a bally bally Clam!

I put on my pink pajamas in the summer when its hot
I put on my flannel nightie in the winter when its not
And sometimes in the sping tie but more often in the fall
I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at all

Glory, Glory, for the Springtime,
Glory, Glory, for the springtime,
Glory, Glory, for the springtime,
When I jump right in between the sheets with nothing on at all.


Book of Songs by Associated Harvard Clubs. 1916. pg 32.

See online here:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Book_of_Songs/tX0-AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22pink%20pajamas%20in%20the%20summer%22

This combines "Mary Anne McCarthy (went to dig some clams)" with "Pink Pajamas".