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Thread #78375   Message #1407609
Posted By: greg stephens
12-Feb-05 - 06:24 PM
Thread Name: 'Sent my brown jug down to town'-why?
Subject: RE: 'Sent my brown jug down to town'-why?
Well, to be a little more precise. what we old English skifflers sang was:

Railroad steamboat river and canal
Yonder come a sucker and he stole my gal
And she's gone gone gone
And she's gone gone gone
And I'll give her my last farewell