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Thread #100659   Message #4056905
Posted By: Lighter
03-Jun-20 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Boston Burglar
Subject: RE: Origins: Boston Burglar
Salt Lake Herald (Jan. 18, 1903), p. 17:

“Barnie gave the “ ‘ouse” the old jail song of ‘The Boston Burglar,’ which runs like this:

        I was brought up in Boston,
           A place you all know well,
        Brought up by hoest parents,
           And now I’ve gone to hell.
        But my character was taken,
           I had to hit the trail;
        And his honor has shoved me into jail.

“The song was none of the best.”