Coincidence that you should mention that Jim...I have been singing a Si Kahn song lately called "Whiskey Ring and the railroad Trust"from his recording, "We're Still Here". Some of the lines in the song are taken from traditional songs:

The Whiskey Ring and the Railroad Trust
by Si Kahn

If living was a thing that money could buy
The rich would live and the poor would die
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust
Let the rich man live and the poor man bust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust

Are you loyal to the Constitution
Are you looking for a contribution
Here's a little present from the boys in the back
From the river of whiskey and the solid gold track

Let's have a hand for the railroad track
Let's have a hand for the boys in back
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust
Let the rich man live and the poor man bust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust

Are you praying for the Resurrection
Are you running in the next election
Here's a little something you can use as you choose
From the solid gold engine and the river of booze

Hand on your shoulder means a man you can trust
Hand in your pocket means the railroad trust
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust
Let the rich man live and the poor man bust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust

Are you of a pure and lofty nature
Do you make a bundle from the legislature
Here's some provisions for the campaign trail
From the bottles of bourbon and the silvery rail

Pickles and glue and any only thing
Let's have a hand for the whiskey ring
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust
Let the rich man live and the poor man bust
With the arms trade ring and the oil trust
Let the rich man live and the poor man bust
With the whiskey ring and the railroad trust


Deb Cowan