Just Before the Drawing, Sweetheart

DESCRIPTION: "Just before the drawing sweetheart, I am waiting for a claim, Way out here in Dewey County, Way out here upon the plain." He talks of his homestead. The drawing for land comes soon; if he wins a plot, he will bring her there in a prairie schooner
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (PIerre Weekly Free Press, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: home commerce gambling love
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 485, "Just Before the Drawing, Sweetheart" (1 text)
File: CAFS2485

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