It's mentioned in The Traditional Ballad Index, which says it's in the book by William Main Doerflinger, "Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman," (1972).

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Here's the Ballad Index entry.
-Joe Offer-

Tom Dixon

DESCRIPTION: "Tom Dixon runs a cathouse way down on Harlow street," a frequent destination for loggers. "The girls are not so pretty, but I guess they're not so slow." The singer talks of his trips back and forth between lumber camp and Dixon's establishment
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951
KEYWORDS: logger whore bawdy
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Doerflinger, p. 251, "Tom Dixon" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Doe251

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