Thank you Art and Susan. Those are basically some of the words I was looking for. Although my John pushed a handle down because he was a gandy dancer. I don't recall anything about a broom or a mop. He worked on the Railroad hand car and that is what the song was about. Do you know any sites on the internet where you can look up old sheet music? I have used several different search engines and phrases and can't seem to find anything. The sheet music had a picture of a hand cart with a very mustacheioed man (the stero type of an Italian) pushing the handle up and down.Thanks again for your help. Denise