Peninsula Pike, The

DESCRIPTION: "There's a railroad they call the Peninsula Pike -- Go get me the Bible and read it." The singer describes the "two streaks of rust" that mark the ill-maintained railroad, which he claims was built immediately after the flood
AUTHOR: Charley L. Grant (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1914 (September 1914 Ilwaco Tribune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: train humorous
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 81, "The Peninsula Pike" (1 text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 624-625, "The Peninsula Pike" (1 text)
File: CAFS2624

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