“Jockey Hat and Feather”
Description
"As I was walking out one day A-thinking of the weather I saw a pair of roguish eyes 'Neath a hat and feather." The girl asks how the singer likes her hat. He likes it (or her?) very much. She leaves; he misses her, and dreams of the hat
Notes
Spaeth (_A History of Popular Music in America_, p. 173) says that this was "one of a large group of songs [in the 1860s] that discussed details of feminine attire," but mentions only this and "Tassels on Her Boots." - RBW
References
- Randolph 490, "Jockey Hat and Feather" (1 text)
- Gilbert, p. 59, "Jockey Hat and Feather" (1 text)
- Roud #7586
- BI, R490