Yesterday I got the book, Frontier Ballads from the library. That's good, so far.

But I found that there were ten pages left out of the volume, which were recognized with a stamped "officially noted" on the very page where I found part of "Slowly Does the Trick".   Maybe the skip of ten pages was in the volume coming from the publisher, but I can see that the binding on this 1927 book is not original but rather a rebinding job, probably done by or for the library in the eighty years since original publication.

The book as bound (or rather, "rebound") picks up in the middle of the song. It doesn't show the notation of the tune, which is not a big problem to me because I know the tune, but I suspect there is at least one more verse before the two verses given in this volume.

I expect to post the words that I have, for eventual inclusion in the DT, but I sure would like to get the first part of the song.

Any ideas? Any help?

Dave Oesterreich