Mudcat Café message #4236639

The Mudcat Café ^TM
Thread #71721 Message #4236639
Posted By: Lighter
08-Mar-26 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Old Moke Pluckin On The Banjo'
Subject: RE: Origins: The Old Moke Pluckin On The Banjo'

Greenock Telegraph (Dec. 6, 1862):

"Then another [street song}, the refrain of which was -

   'Workin' on the railroad,
   Two shullin's [sic] a day,
   Johnny on't ye play upon the trambone [sic]?' "