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GUEST,Amos | Origin: Poor Boy / Coon Can / Highwayman (35) | RE: Origin: Poor Boy / Coon Can /Highwayman | 24 Nov 07 |
The version I learned as a boy began "I went down to the river, poor boy, to watch the ships go by. ..." and had no railroad images in it. I suppose it was the Burl Ives version. It is most fine to discover the song's antecedents and cousins here -- thanks. |