“The Nurse Pinched the Baby”

Description

When the nurse pinches the baby, "Mother [goes] down to the beer saloon to pray." When she catches "the rage from Doctor Dye-O," the same thing happens

Supplemental text

Nurse Pinched the Baby, The
  Complete text(s)

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From Mary O. Eddy, Ballads and Songs from Ohio, #137, p. 300.
From Helen Hobart, Medina, Ohio.

1. Oh, the nurse pinched the baby just to tease it,
   There's something wrong, and everybody sees it;
   And along with all the women in Ohio,
   Mother's gone down to the beer saloon to pray.

2. Oh, she caught the rage from that old Doctor Dye-o,
   Who neither drinks whiskey, tea, nor rye-o,
   And along with all the ladies from Ohio,
   Mother's gone down to the beer saloon to pray.

References

1. Eddy 137, "The Nurse Pinched the Baby" (1 short text, 1 tune)
2. ST E137 (Full)
3. Roud #5337
4. BI, E137