| AKA | |
| First Published | 1896 |
| Writer/composer | Harry Castling and CW Murphy | Roud | RN24871 |
| Music Hall Performers | Marie Kendall |
| Folk performances | Collected from the singing of: Hinchliffe, Frank; England: Yorkshire; 1972 |
Chorus only (from sheet music cover) Why don't you marry the girl? Do you want the girl to die? You can see she's mashed upon you By the twinkle in her eye- To do the trick's just seven and six, Take the tip from a pal - Don't tease the poor little thing Why don't you marry the gal?
Ian Russell collected the chorus and some fragments of this song from the singing of Frank Hinchliffe in 1972: Frank had learned the song from his father.
I have not been able to access the full sheet music at this time, but it’s possible to identify the song using the chorus which appears on the sheet music cover held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.It was sung by Marie Kendall, with words by Harry Castling and music by CW Murphy.
Not to be confused with a song of the same title which appeared 30 years earlier in an American publication The Tilt Skirt Songster (1867)
Sources:
- Entries in the Roud Indexes at the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library: https://archives.vwml.org/search/all:single[folksong-broadside-books]/0_50/all/score_desc/extended-roudNo_tr%3A24871
- Kilgarrif Sing Us
- Partial lyrics and Sheet Music Cover: Victoria and Albert Museum
- WorldCat entry
- Traditional Singing in West Sheffield 1970 to 72 Vol 2
Last Updated on November 19, 2022 by John Baxter | Published: November 19, 2022
