Honey, You Can't Love One
Repetitive song in which the object is informed he/she can't love a certain number (growing from 1-10) for various rhyming (with the number) reasons. This song is repetitive, rather than cumulative. Here characterized as a "camp-fire" song from an Anglican girls' camp. This song...
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1987
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/2000 |
| Summary: | Repetitive song in which the object is informed he/she can't love a certain number (growing from 1-10) for various rhyming (with the number) reasons. This song is repetitive, rather than cumulative. Here characterized as a "camp-fire" song from an Anglican girls' camp. This song appears to have originated as an "old-time string band" or bluegrass piece, possibly with blues roots. The indexer has heard it performed both live and on phonogrpah records (some as early as the 1920's and '30's), but is unable to give discographic references from memory. The song was probably also used as a "cadence count" in the North American armed services during WWII and the Korean War. |
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