====== #401 - Where is My Nancy? ======
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  *Composer:((identification by title only))
    *++George William Hunt|{{search>"George William Hunt" @cobs}}++ (1839-1904), 1869
    *popularized by Harry Rickards
    *An 1869 broadside lists it as "Tune--Original"
  *Also known as:
    *Does Any One Know Where My Nancy's Gone?
    *Can Nobody Tell Me Where Nancy's Gone?
    *Can Anyone Tell Me Where My Nancy Has Gone?
    *Can Anyone Tell Me Where Nancy's Gone?
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  *[[:incipit]]: 3543231512523313
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 354323151252313
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
A charming young creature named Nancy Barr,\\
Nancy Barr, lived with her ma;\\
Of fair ones, oh! she was the fairest by far,\\
A charmer bewitching and smart.\\
No dicky-bird singing up in the sky,\\
In the sky, was more happy than I,\\
But to happiness now I have said "goodbye",\\
For to pieces she's broken my heart!\\
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Does any one know where my Nancy's gone?\\
Nancy's gone, Nancy's gone;\\
Does any one know where my Nancy's gone?\\
Where, oh! where is my Nancy?\\
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At a ball I first met her one night by chance,\\
Quite by chance, couldn't she dance,\\
While others would clumsily shuffle and prance,\\
Her waltzing was something divine.\\
I felt I was madly in love at first sight,\\
Love at first sight, lumps of delight,\\
When I took her to supper and did the polite,\\
Or helped her to ices and wine.\\
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When she spoke, oh! my head spun round like a top,\\
My heart went wop, and flippity flop!\\
So the terrible question I ventured to "pop",\\
She blushed, and then softly said "yes".\\
I measured her finger and bought the ring,\\
Bought the ring, 'twas just the thing;\\
All the next week did nothing but dance and sing,\\
My joy there are few who could guess.\\
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The day it was fixed, and I felt so gay,\\
Oh! so gay, in my bridal array;\\
As I went to the church little boys cried "hooray",\\
I felt quite inflated with pride.\\
We were to be married at Hanover Square,\\
Hanover Square, carriage and pair;\\
When I got to the church she wasn't there!\\
Oh! where was my Nancy, my bride?\\
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They say she's eloped with a Horse Guard Blue,\\
A Horse Guard Blue, oh! a regular do;\\
I thought her so pretty, so good, and so true,\\
I felt really out of my mind.\\
I've searched for her everywhere, but in vain,\\
All in vain, I feel all over pain,\\
When I think I may never look on her again,\\
But I'll wander till Nancy I find.\\
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So, does any one know where my Nancy's gone?\\
Nancy's gone, Nancy's gone;\\
Can't somebody tell me where Nancy's gone?\\
Oh! where, ah! oh, where is my Nancy?\\
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    *++George William Hunt|{{search>"George William Hunt" @cobs}}++ (1839-1904), 1869