ID: 1073
Date: 1990s - 2000
Title: I left my wife
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Fun 
Rhyme: 

I left my wife in New Orleans,
With 45 cents and a can of beans,
I thought it was right, right, right,
For my country, 
Whoop de do,
Left, left left,
I left my wife..

(Christchurch, 1990s; Wellington, 1990s)

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Left, left, left my wife,
45 cents and a can of beer, 
Thought it was right, right, right,
Right, right on the table,
Whoopsie do.

(Putaruru, 2000)

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Background Info: Circular rhyme, sometimes sung as a round.

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Keywords: continuous 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 4 
Incidence: 3