variations include

Pittsburgh town is a Smoky ol' Town---Pittsburgh... (by W. Guthrie)

You get a line and I'll get a pole... (Crawdad Song)

Tell old Bill when he gets home -- this morning...

and others too...

In a nutshell--- For 22 years I did these and others in school shows as a medley. Singing along all through it---I was striving to show the workings of the tradition --- how a song could change into another one to fit the changing times, the changing geography or a historical event.

Then, I'd say, "Lets write a new song!

Seemingly, off the top of my head, and using the first lines from some of the songs that shared this tune, I would sing:

Tell old Bill when he gets home, this morning,
That Froggy went a courting' and he did ride--uh huh,
So you get a line and I'll get a plow,
Cuz we don't care what mama don't 'low,
In Pittsburg, lord God, in Pittsburgh!


Art Thieme