The nine dollar shawl, the rough and rowdy men, and the state pen seem to be a recurrent theme. Note verses 3,4 and 6 in this song recorded by Rambling Jack Elliot


ROLL ON BUDDY

Roll on buddy, roll on
Roll on buddy, roll on
You wouldn't roll so slow If you knew what I know
Well that's roll on buddy roll on

I've got a home in Tennessee
I've got a home in Tennessee
I've got a home Down in Sunny Tennessee
And it's roll on buddy, roll on

Tempie wants a nine dollar shawl
Tempie wants a nine dollar shawl
I come over the hill with a forty dollar bill
And it's baby where you been so long

Baby where you been so long
Baby where you been so long
Well I've been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men
And it's baby where you been so long

Well I never liked no railroad man
I never liked no railroad man
'Cause a railroad man will kill you if he can
Drink down your blood like wine.

Baby where'd yuh stay last night
Now baby where'd yuh stay last night
Well I slept in the pen with the rough and rowdy men
And that's baby where'd yuh stay last night

Roll on Buddy, roll on
Roll on Buddy, roll on
You wouldn't roll so slow if you knew what I know
Roll on Buddy, roll on.


Mackinaw gets a mention in 'The Frozen Logger' recorded by Cisco Houston.

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