I'm a Saginaw Valley Man

DESCRIPTION: "My name is Solomon (Harmless/Levi), From this world both wide and wild, I'm a regular mule in harness, I'm a wildcard when I'm riled." "I'm a Buffalo Bill, by jingo! ... I'm not much on the lingo; I'm a Saginaw Valley man."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: bragging nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, p. 121, "I'm a Saginaw Valley Man" (1 short text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 8, "I'm a Saginaw Valley Man" (1 short text)
Roud #6505
NOTES [42 words]: Beck says that one version of this gives the bad man's name as Solomon Levi. There is a song "My Name Is Solomon Levi" (Roud #15423; Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd #164), but it does not appear to be this although there may have been cross-fertilization. - RBW
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File: BBun121

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