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Thread #84100 Message #2781806
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Dec-09 - 10:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Maid from Algoma
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Maid from Algoma
Well, we'd best post it, in case it's the right one. From Comings and goings: university students in Canadian society, 1854-1973. This was from the 1887 University of Toronto Song Book.
"What are your studies, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho
"Chinese and Quaternions, sir," she said,
"And I come away back from Algoma."
"Then who will marry you, my pretty maid?"
Heave away, heigho, heigho
"Cultured girls don't marry, sir," she said,
"And I go away back to Algoma."