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Title
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Gossip Joan
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Singer
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Hope, Charles Frederick
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
'Good morning, Gossip Joan,
And where hast thou been walking?
I've been walking in the morning Gossip Joan.
In the morning, Gossip Joan.
Verse 2
My cherry cow has calved
Beneath the parlour window,
And we shall have some cherry curds
For breakfast in the morning, Gossip Joan.
Verse 3
My pig, he is not well.
Pray tell to me the matter.
It was but the other day
That he ate the wooden platter, Gossip Joan.
Verse 4
My duck has swallowed a snail,
And is not that a wonder?
His horn grew out at her tail,
And the drake split his throat laughing at it, Gossip Joan.
Verse 5
I have an idle wife,
She will not rock the cradle;
To beat her I am afraid,
Because I am not able, Gossip Joan.
Verse 6
My wife she has got drunk,
And on the bed lies snoring;
I will tell her in the morn,
How she has been a-snoring, Gossip Joan.
Verse 7
Then away to the gin shop I will run,
To drive away all sorrow,
For perhaps we may never meet,
Again on the morrow, Gossip Joan.
