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Viewing Lyrics for State Of Arkansaw:
| | | Artist: | Unknown |
| | Album: | Unknown | | Track: | State Of Arkansaw | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 2 | | | | Lyrics: | THE STATE OF ARKANSAW
Come all ye true-bred Irishmen and listen to my chant;
'Tis
all the lamentation of an Irish emigrant
Who lately crossed the ocean, for a fortune thought he
saw,
Five hundred men were wanted in the state of Arkansaw.
The first I met was Mr.
Brown, who came up with a smiling face;
He said, "Lad, come along with me; I keep a dacent
place.'
He fed me on corn dodgers and his beef you couldn't chaw,
And he charged me fifty
cents a day in the state of Arkansaw.
The next I met was Mr. Green and a different face
had he;
He says, "I keep a dacent place, just come along with me:
Give to me five dollars
and a ticket you will draw,
That will put you to work on the railroad in the state of
Arkansaw."
I traveled along the railroad till I came to Little Rock,
And every depot
I came to, my heart it got a shock,
For the divil a one I met that day extended me a
paw,
Or says, "Pat, you're very welcome to the state of Arkansaw."
Well, now the
railroad's finished, boys, and I am very glad;
I leave this part of the counteree, or else I
will go mad.
I'll go to the Cherokee nation and there I'll marry a squaw,
And as sure as
hell I'll bid farewell to the state of Arkansaw.
From Songs of the People,
Henry
@pioneer @emigration @Irish
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