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Thread #52717   Message #3196920
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
27-Jul-11 - 07:44 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Subject: RE: Origin: Johnny Come Down to Hilo
From the Carpenter collection.

"Shake Her, Wake Her", 1928, contributed by Captain Blue, in Greenock, Scotland

First line: Have you been in Mobile Bay

3 stanzas

"Shake Her, Wake Her", contributed by James Wright, in Leith

First line: I once was rich and had lots of tin

2 stanzas