Weird - I just asked Seamus Kennedy if he could tell me more about this song. I learned it as a child from a 78RPM my father brought back from Maryland in 1947. Can't remember the artist but the flip side was The Train That Never Returned Again.

         Poor Folk


Haven't got a nickle
Haven't got a dime
Wonder why we're poor folk all the time
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Wonder why we're poor folk all the time

What's the use of workin.
i can't save a cent
Can't say I'm exactly broke
I'm just badly bent.

poor folk need the XXXX
Want a hill to climb
Wonder why we're poor folk all the time.