Joe, I heard Dick Swain sing his Ohio verson at Mystic in 1988. I have the complete words boxed up with a million other things. I'll try to dig them out and post. ISTR that the song is nearly identical to the above.

I do remember that Swain's tune was that of "The Bigler," which is apt.

Thanks for reminding me of ABFS. Thompson's note about the Alhambra comes directly from there, as do most of the relevant lyrics.

I suspect that Johnny Bartley wrote the song or swiped it from Harrigan's "Buffalo," which Dan Milner printed here:

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA352490118&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=15517268&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroup

It clearly the source of most of the well-known "E-r-ie Canal."