‘After the ball was over, Susie took out her glass eye’, sung by Emma Vickers (1894–1977) from Burscough, Lancashire. This is a parody of the song ‘After the Ball’ by Charles K. Harris (1891), which was one of the most successful songs of its day. #FolkFriday It is an example of how popular songs and their parodies can become a part of folk singers’ repertoires. 🎙️‘After the ball was over, Susie took out her glass eye’, recorded by Fred Hamer (1969), C433/59 S1 C3 📸A selection of 50 glass eyes