I learned this song when I was little in the '40's, though I am sure it is older than that. I don't know if they are two separate songs, they seem so unrelated but I was taught them together. The first part I have been able to find a bit about, but can find no reference to the second part which was sung with great drama and a long drawn out last words on the last two lines. I remember being just stunned with the ridiculousness and at the age of 3 or 4, it was one of the first jokes I learned. It still seems unfathomable! Oh there was a little man and he had a little can and he went to rush the growler. He went to a saloon On a Sunday afternoon And you outta hear the old man holler: "No booze today. No booze today" Come around again on Monday. She was the only girl I loved, Had a face like a horse and buggy I left her leaning against the lake, Oh Fireman, save my child!
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