POPSY WOPSY
(Music: Paul Ritter / Lyrics: Miss Ada Alexander - 1870)





I am an 'elpless female
An unprotected female
My husband's been and gone 
And run away, my heart to wring

He's gone to join the Mormons
Those gay and festive Mormons
And while he's getting married there
I'm left alone to sing

Oh, my Popsy Wopsy's vanished from my sight
And we might have been so happy, so we might
But now he's gone away to be a Mormonite
And I've no doubt but what he has a dozen wives or more

He had a winning manner
A most engaging manner
And when we wed I never thought 
He'd come to serve me so

But he was so deceitful
The men are all deceitful
They bring poor girls like me to grief
And that's as well to know

Oh, my Popsy Wopsy's vanished from my sight
And we might have been so happy, so we might
But now he's gone away to be a Mormonite
And I've no doubt but what he has a dozen wives or more

But I mean to go and join him
Go on the sly and join him
Just drop upon him unawares
And stop at once his fun

As soon as i can reach him
The fact I mean to teach him
Though he may have a dozen wives
Still I am Number One

Oh, my Popsy Wopsy's vanished from my sight
And we might have been so happy, so we might
But now he's gone away to be a Mormonite
And I've no doubt but what he has a dozen wives or more

Now, ladies take a warning
Let my fate be a warning
The men are all a sort of kind
Of Bluebeard and not true

But if they will neglect us
To love, they can't expect us
For what is sauce for goose, you know
Is sauce for gander, too

Oh, my Popsy Wopsy's vanished from my sight
And we might have been so happy, so we might
But now he's gone away to be a Mormonite
And I've no doubt but what he has a dozen wives or more



(Contributed by Mel Priddle - February 2016)