The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71721   Message #2193262
Posted By: Jon Bartlett
14-Nov-07 - 02:37 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Old Moke Pluckin On The Banjo'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Old Moke Pluckin On The Banjo'
This is from the Gordon collection, c. 1923:

A boss on the section by the name of Brown
He got married to a big far down
She baked good bread and baked it brown
For the boys that worked on the railway.

Chorus
Sugar, sugar, sugar in the rue
Coffee in the tae kettle, an' how do ye do?
I'm from the railway; so are you
And Johnny kept a picking on his banjo.

and three more verses. The song has clearly been breeding with "Drill Ye Tarriers".

Jon Bartlett