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Thread #121150 Message #4004790
Posted By: GUEST,Starship
16-Aug-19 - 07:41 PM
Thread Name: Lost Song Fragments Medleyed
Subject: RE: Lost Song Fragments Medleyed
Regarding Roll a Silver Dollar: the following (entire) is from https://john-s-allen.com/humor/silverdollar.htm
Here are the lyrics of the song as transcribed by Ralph Butts from the 1908 Billy Murray recording. No fish is mentioned -- yet -- in this version. The important wording is highlighted in red:
A Man Without A Woman (Silver Dollar)
- Billy Murray
Written by Alfred Williams, ca. 1907
A man without a woman is like a ship without a sail,
Is like a boat without a rudder, a kite without a tail.
A man without a woman is like a wreck upon the sand,
And if there's one thing worse, in this universe,
It's a woman, I said, a woman, it's a woman without a man!
Now you can roll a silver dollar 'cross the bar-room floor,
And it'll roll, 'cause it's round.
A woman never knows what a good man she's got,
Until she puts him down!
So listen, my honey, listen to me,
I want you to understand,
Just like a silver dollar goes from hand to hand,
A woman goes from man to man.
(Without a doubt).
A woman goes from man to man.