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Thread #55453   Message #1322070
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Nov-04 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nine Pound Hammer
Subject: RE: Lyr. & Origin: Nine Pound Hammer Songs
"Roll On Buddy" song fragment published in 1924 by Robert W. Gordon:

And it's roll on, buddy-
What makes you roll so slow?
Your buddy is almost broke-
Down on the K. N. O.

"Adventure," Jan. 10, 1924; quoted in Norm Cohen, "Long Steel Rail, p. 574.