On a whim I put "Riding down from Bangor" into the search engine and found your site. It answered a casual hunt that I have carried on for many years. When I was about ten we used to sing this song in Elementary School. That is sixty years ago. I did not remember its naughtiness because in those simpler times we were allowed to be innocent children. I do remember that the teacher stressed to us that this was about Bangor, Maine, in the United States, and not the Bangors in Australia, Canada, Wales or anywhere else.
Because of the song, once I took a diversion and went to Bangor, Maine. It seemed to be closed. The place looked like Berlin after the bombing. A few buildings were left standing and it was explained to me that it was due to "Urban Renewal." There was no signs of renewal just devastation. I found a music shop and tried to discover something about the song but they had never heard of it. There is a song mentioning their city and the natives had never heard of the song! The restaurant closed at 2.00pm on a Saturday and I left Bangor.Thanks for your site.