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Q (Frank Staplin) Lyr Req: A Dollar a Day Is All They Pay for Work.. (23) ADD: SH-TA-RA-DAH-DEY 14 Nov 07

Printed with musical score in Carl Sandburg, 1927, "The American Songbag," pp. 36-37. Heard by Robert E. Lee of the Chicago Tribune from an Irishman in charge of the railroad station at Wallingford, Iowa.

SH-TA-RA-DAH-DEY
(Irish Lullaby)

[With a sigh]
Sh-ta-ra-dah-dey, sh-ta-dey,
Times is mighty hard.
A dollar a day is all they pay
For work on the boulevard.
Sh-ta-ra-dah-dey, sh-ta-dey,
Times is mighty hard.
A dollar a day is all they pay
For work on the boulevard.
Sh-ta-ra-dah-deh, sh-ta-dey,
Times is mighty hard.
A dollar a day is all they pay
For work on the boulevard.

Score in 6/8 Arr. E. C.

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(from Sandburg)

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