Southern Jack, A

DESCRIPTION: "I got a southern jack [train engine], I got a southern jack, First thing yi (sic.) do shovel in the coal, Next thing yi do watch the drivers roll. I got a southern jack, I got a southern jack; All aboard on the southern jack!"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1919 (Brown)
KEYWORDS: train
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 239, "A Southern Jack" (1 short text)
Brown/Schinhan-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore5 239, "A Southern Jack" (1 tune plus a text excerpt)
Roud #6452
File: Br3239

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