| Evidence: | Transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book for 1927:
'I love me, I love me, I'm wild about myself,
I love me, I love me, my picture's on the shelf,
You may not think I look so good but me thinks I'm just fine
It's grand when I look in my eye and knows that I'm all mine.
'Oh I love me and I love me and my love doesn't bore
Day by day in every way I love me more and more
I takes me to a quiet place I puts my arms around my waist
If I gets fresh I slap my face, I'm wild about myself.
'[noted by Forster underneath] -- From a song book seen in a pub at Castle Acre.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1927 and 31 Dec 1927 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Castle Acre county: Norfolk other location: Public house |
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| Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | 'I love me' (song lyric) |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 20832 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 34 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 34, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20832, accessed: 03 June 2023 | |
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