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Thread #30964 Message #4147740
Posted By: Lighter
18-Jul-22 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Erie Canal (E-Ri-E)
Subject: RE: Origins: The Erie Canal (E-Ri-E)
I can't explain that formatting.
Anyway, Harold Thompson's "Body, Boots & Britches" (1939) has the following, as collected by Allen Walsh of Buffalo "from versions given by Captain Jake Oatman and Captain Wesley Thomas":
(Hullfish's "horse bridge" stanza)
(Nell's blind staggers)
("Gilson on the dock," followed by:)
Says he, "What's all the noise?" Says he, "What team is that?" "Itt's Yorker Min and Goose-Neck Tim, And we're both a-gettin' fat."
The chorus is:
For the Erie is a-ragin', And our gin is gettin' low; Oh, I hardly think we'll get a drink Till we get to Buffalo.