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Thread #93305   Message #1793899
Posted By: Peace
26-Jul-06 - 04:10 PM
Thread Name: ADD: The Wanderer's Warning
Subject: Lyr Add: THE WANDERER'S WARNING
"From 1928 to 1931, Robison recorded with Frank Luther (b. Francis Luther Crow, August 4, 1905, Kansas, USA) as 'Bud And Joe Billings'. Among their releases were "Barnacle Bill The Sailor", "The Wanderer's Warning", and "Will The Angels Play Their Harps For Me?", both of which became popular in Britain during 1929."

from

nfo.net/cal/tr3.html

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19 Riding Along on a Free Train (Roud 16143) / Mother's the Queen of my Heart (Roud 16144) (both sung by Wiggy Smith)

(Recorded by Gwilym Davies and Paul Burgess at Wiggy's caravan, Elmstone Hardwicke, 18th November, 1999)

I curse and I swore at my father
And I told him his words was a lie
He called me a drunkard and a gambler
Not fit to be called his son.

So I packed all my clothes in a bundle
And I went to wish mother goodbye
My poor mother broke down a-crying
Saying, "Oh, my son, my son, do not leave."

Now I'm riding along in a free* train [* freight?]
And I'm bound for nobody knows where
I only left home just this morning
And my heart is heavy with care.

"Now, Son, here's a wanderer's warning
Don't break your poor mother's heart
Stay by her side, for she needs you
And all her life long she'll agree."

That is from

www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/smith.htm