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Jim Dixon Lyr Req: Are They Going to Hang My Papa? (7) RE: Lyr Req: Are they going to hang my poppa? 23 Aug 16

The lyrics were apparently printed in a book called "Sagebrush Post Offices: A History of the Owyhee Country" by Mildretta Hamilton Adams (Pocatello: Idaho State University Press, 1986), on page 116.

Since the book is still under copyright, complete images aren't viewable online; Google only gives you "snippets." But WorldCat.org might show you where you can find it in a library near you, if you enter your Zip Code.

The snippet tells me that the poem is attributed to "Owen Spendthrift."

I might be able to pull together some lyrics, but I don't have time right now.

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