{"id":9978,"date":"2021-04-26T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=9978"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T15:13:27","slug":"saving-them-all-for-mary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/saving-them-all-for-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving them all for Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1881<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Fred Gilbert<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN15130<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>James Fawn<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Pardon, Walter; England, Norfolk; 1978<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A public house, the Rose and Crown,\nHolds one that I well know;\nAn active little barmaid,\nWithout pride or fal-de-ral.\nWe're shortly to be married,\nAnd when a fellow's thus inclined;\nIt's best to save the half-pence,\nSo I'm taking care of mine.\n\nI'm saving them all for Mary,\nShe shall have every one;\nI'm saving them all for mary,\nShe shall have lots of fun.\nThey know me well at the country bank,\nCash is better than fame or rank;\nHeigh-ho lucky, I'll wed my ducky,\nThe belle of the Rose and Crown.<\/em>\n\nOf course, I do no flirting now,\nFor Mary 'twould disgust;\nTo marry one whom out of sight,\nShe couldn't safely trust.\nI often meet old friends of mine,\nBut simply pass them by;\nIn fact I'm strictly honest,\nAnd I've never told a lie.\n\nI quite deserve a medal,\nI'm so very good and true;\nI frown on my companions,\nWhen the slightest wrong they do.\nThe photographs of ladies,\nIn an album I don't nurse;\nI never stay out late at night,\nYou never hear me curse.\n\nI never drink champagne unless,\nBy someone else it's bought;\nI've never seen the famed Argyle,\nOr Hampton's mazy court.\nAt ten 'o clock each night I sleep,\nA bachelor's repose;\nI never fight or quarrel,\nAnd I've never punched a nose.<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song written by Fred Gilbert and sung in the halls by James Fawn<\/a> – the earliest record I can find of anyone singing the song is this review from late 1881:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a0Nov. 5, 1881; The Era\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The song was sung as part of a series of fragments by Walter Pardon alongside\u00a0Wake Up Johnny<\/a>\u00a0, \u00a0When the cock begins to crow<\/a>,  and Down by the old abbey ruins<\/a>. You can here them at the\u00a0Vaughn Williams Memorial Library<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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