ID: 841
Date: 1938
Title: Hark the herald angels sing
Gender: Female 
Classification: Autograph 
Rhyme: 

Hark the herald angels sing,
Mrs Simpson pinched our King.
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Wasn't Stanley Baldwin wild.
Hark the herald angels sing,
Mrs Simpson pinched our King.

(Christchurch, 1970s - relates to 1930s)

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Background Info: Opie, 1967: 89 reports the version, sung by a church congregation in 1952, in return for a supply of hymn books as an advertising stunt:

Hark the herald-angels sing
Beecham's pills are just the thing,
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Two for man and one for child.

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Turner, 1969:  91 records:

Hark the herald angels sing,
Beecham's pills are just the thing.
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Two for man and one for child.

(Victoria c. 1920)

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"Play and Folklore", Issue 12, 1987:  2 records this version from 1936:
Hear them coming down the street,
Mrs Simpson's stinking feet,
She's been married twice before,
Now she's knocking on Teddy's door.

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Keywords: political, commercial product, 
Location: NZ 
Group size: 1 
Incidence: 1