Sins, the verse you posted from "Boston Burglar" is almost identical to the last verse of "Louisville Burglar," as sung by the New Lost City Ramblers on their "Volume 2" album. They attribute the song to a group called the Hickory Nuts.

Probably an example of what we used to call "zipper verses."

Um -- "lime in the coconut"?? Where did that come from? Sounds dreadful...