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Posted By: pavane
20-Sep-10 - 12:47 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Peeping through the knothole in Father's
Except one from 1888!

WHEN WAS A DUMB MAN SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE?
At the April ginner of the FridIron club at the Arlington hotel in Washington, April 22, four members sung to the tune of "The little black bull" a song, the title of which was given as "Peeping through the Knot Hole in Papa's Wooden Leg or Why Was the Ocean Built so Near to the Shore?"

We reprint from the report in the Chicago Tribune:
David B Hill came down the mountain
Hoosan Johnny, Hoosan Johnny,
David B Hill came down the mountain
Long time ago.

He picked out a man whose name is Parker
Hoosan Johnny, Hoosan Johnny,
He picked out a man whose name is Parker
Long time ago.

He says: "Don't talk, and we'll beat T. Roosevelt,"

etc

Peterson's magazine, vol 92 1888