She was only...

[Dennis R. Preston]

Is "She was only the farmer's daughter, but all the horsemen knew
her" the Ur-form of this subgenre?

dInIs (who knows a double handful; most suitable for listing only on
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OED does not list this word.
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>  1922 W. H. D. Rouse _Chanties in Greek and Latin: Written for Ancient
>  Traditional Airs_ (Oxford: B. Blackwell) (_title_).
>
>  1939 Elliot Paul _Mysterious Mickey Finn_ (rpt. N.Y.: Collier, 1962)
>  225: Hjalmar Jansen was roaring a chanty as he spun the wheel. 'She
>  was only a poet's daughter, / But she never was averse.' "
>
>  JL
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Dennis R. Preston
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