“The Brisk Young Bachelor (I)”
Description
Young man, recently married, laments the hard work his wife forces him to do and counsels other bachelors, before marrying, to reflect on his fate.
Notes
Although the theme is identical with "The Sporting Bachelors", it's a separate song, in my opinion.
Although the tune, chorus, etc. of ["The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man" ] are completely different from the British song, I unhesitatingly lump them together; the verses are essentially identical, although not identically worded. - PJS
A parody, perhaps? (I haven't seen the British song.) - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "The Sporting Bachelors" (plot)
Broadsides
- Bodleian, Harding B 14(152), "Poor Man's Labour Never Done," unknown, n.d.; also 2806 c.16(22), "Poor Man's Labour Never Done"; Harding B 25(1535) [partly illegible], "A Poor Man's Labour's Never Done"
Recordings
- Eddie Morton w. orchestra, "The Party That Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man" (Victor 5513, 1908; Victor 16758, 1911)
- New Lost City Ramblers, "The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man" (on NLCR03)
- Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright, "The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man" (Columbia 15236-D, 1928; rec. 1927)
References
- Mackenzie 142, "The Old Bachelor" (1 text)
- O'Conor, p. 31, "The Poor Man's Labor's Never Done" (1 text)
- Sharp-100E 69, "The Brisk Young Bachelor" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Cohen/Seeger/Wood, pp. 72-74, "The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #1572
- BI, ShH69