Talk:Tom, Dick and Harry

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[edit] Documentable sources

Not sure how much is worth adding, but here are some factoids:

• Heavily used by Shaw: The Proverbial Bernard Shaw: An Index to Proverbs in the Works of George ...
• Lyrics of "Tom, Dick or Harry" from Kiss Me, Kate, including:

I'm a maid who would marry

And will take with no qualm

Any Tom, Dick or Harry,

Any Harry, Dick or Tom,

I'm a maid mad to marry

And will take double-quick

Any Tom, Dick or Harry,

Any Tom, Harry or Dick.

• "Thomas, Richard, and Harold", Rowan Atkinson eulogy
• "About Tom, Dick and Harry", description of 1894 Talbot Baines Reed novel
• A blog quoting a good-sounding 1955 work (that should be easily confirmed) that's done some hard research, e.g. finding a 1904 ref that quotes an 1815 one "Re: Tom, Dick & Harry" on The Phrase Finder

--Jerzy•t 20:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC)