Dear Margmac,

I would love to put 'Rozie Brown's Store' in the Mudcat Songbook -- do I have your permission? Was the song written to an original tune or did you and the kids use one that was already written? I've put the line breaks in the verses you gave above -- let me know if the verses look all right.

Thanks, Áine

ROZIE BROWN'S STORE

Chorus:
First came the railroad
Then came the depot
Then came the general store
Gathering place for the people

Rozie Brown's store had everything and more
That anybody could need
Fishing pole, hook line and sinker
Pins and needles and thread
Horse collars, straw hats and clothes
Barrels of pickles and fish
Cookies and crackers, pump your own molasses
You can get anything you wish

Chorus:

The farmer's big hands would roll the milk cans
Onto the train to Boston
Then drive their teams back to the store
For gabbin' and for talkin'
Telephone exchange didn't cost any change
You could help plug in the wire
Sort the mail, put it in a big bag
Hook it to the fast train "Flyer"

Chorus:

First freezing plant in all the land
Down by the railroad track
When the cove was frozen men would go out knowin'
Time to cut the Chapman Cove ice
From here you could see all the geese who would flee
'Til all the hill looked white
A boy drove geese to the freezing plant
A boy in command all right

Chorus:

We saw the bridge go down by ice coming up
In nineteen twenty three
It floated on down the Winooski River
Pushed by a big elem tree
To slide down Depot Hill was a great big thrill
All the way to the railroad track
After a chill or a winter spill
We'd go to Rozie Brown's before headin' back

Chorus:

Rozie Brown's store had everything and more
That anybody could need
Fishing pole, hook line and sinker
Pins and needles and thread
Horse collars, straw hats and clothes
Barrels of pickles and fish
Cookies and crackers, pump your own molasses
You can get anything you wish