I know this as a summer camp song:

When I first came to this land, I was not a wealthy man, So I got myself a _____________ (variable lyric), And I did what I could.

Anyone know all the words? Anyone associate this song with anyone?

The beauty of my NOT knowing the words, of course, is that I have to make 'em up for my kids, which is how folk songs change in the oral tradition. Still, I'd like to know the "actual" words, if only to have a better springboard.

I have fond memories of the summers of '74 and '75, at a summer camp where the "camp songs" overlapped broadly with the folk pop of the day -- John Prine (Spanish Pipe Dream, Please Don't Bury Me) and even Donovan (Dona, Dona -- yes I know it's an older song than that!).

Thanks