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26 Dec 98 - 11:42 PM (#51004) Subject: Lyr Add: MAN CALLED WORK / BILL GROGAN'S GOAT From: CM Daniels My great grandfather would sing this song to my father when he was a child. Can anyone help with the words? Some words consisted of There was a man whose name was work Whose wife bought him a scarlet shirt The goat ate the shirt off the line .... The goat was tied to the railroad track And coughed and kicked with might and main And coughed up the shirt and flagged the train That is all me father can remember. |
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27 Dec 98 - 12:56 AM (#51012) Subject: RE: Words Please: A man named (called?) work From: Joe Offer Hi, CM - sounds like "Bill Grogan's Goat," a favorite of old-time Boy Scouts. It's in our database, and you can find it by putting goat in the search box - or be lazy and [click here]. -Joe Offer- |
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27 Dec 98 - 03:59 PM (#51050) Subject: Lyr Add: PAPA'S BILLY GOAT From: PAPA'S BILLY GOAT Here's another goat flagging song - it was sun to the tune of Rueben and Rachel! Papa bought a great big billy goat Ma she washed most every day - Hung her clothes up on the line That darned old goat he came that way. He pulled down the old flannel shirt You ought to of herd those buttons crack - I'll get even with the son of a gun I'm gonna time him across the railroad track. Tied him across the railroad track The train was coming at a powerful rate - He belched up that old red shirt And he flagged down that darned old freight. Went to the depot and bought me a ticket Walked right in and I sat right down - Stuck my ticket in the brim of my hat And the doggoned wind blowed it out on the ground. Conductor came round and "give me your ticket" I had to pay again or get left on the track - I'll get even with the son of a gun, Bought a round trip ticket and I ain't comin' back. |
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17 Feb 00 - 01:13 PM (#180106) Subject: RE: Words Please: A man named (called?) work From: GUEST,intan looking for the words to Rueben and Rachael |
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17 Feb 00 - 01:16 PM (#180110) Subject: RE: Words Please: A man named (called?) work From: wysiwyg Guest, intan-- It is in the Digital Tradition database (look up top of this page for the blue box), titled: REUBEN AND RACHEL. enjoy!
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