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Thread #29139   Message #366588
Posted By: GUEST,Art Thieme
31-Dec-00 - 11:41 PM
Thread Name: Where did 'ROUNDER' come from?
Subject: RE: Help: Where did 'ROUNDER' come from?
Right, the roundhouse was a half way decent place to hang out for hobos looking to catch one out. In the old song from the 1800s (after the demise of General Custer)"THE DREARY BLACK HILLS" a portion goes:

The roundhouse at Cheyenne is filled every night
With loafers and rounders of most every plight,
On their backs is no clothes -- in their pockets no bills,
Each day they keep leavin' for the dreary Black Hills.

Art Thieme