The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67896   Message #22417
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27-Feb-98 - 11:37 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: The Shanghaied Dredger (Edward Hammond)
Subject: want lyrics- shanghied on eastern shore...
Anybody know more lyrics to a song that has this chorus?

So lay me in the forefeet with my face toward Baltimore,
Prayin' I never get shanghaied again down on the eastern shore,
Where they feed you on corndog and sowbelly twice a day,
And you're counted a lucky drudger if you ever get your pay.

A friend recorded it off the radio for me in the DC area in the early 90's. It was a fairly recent recording, I think, so my guess is that it was by a local MD group. Maybe their own local lyrics to an old tune? Sorry I'm not musically or computer-ly literate enough to share the tune...