Loafer's Lament, The

DESCRIPTION: "'Tis the last greenback dollar left crumpled alone, All the fives, tens, and twenties are gambled and gone." The singer laments his current poverty: "When greenbacks have vanished and specie has flown, Oh who would inhabit this hard world alone?"
AUTHOR: Charles L. Walker (Cheney-MormonSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Cheney-MormonSongs); reportedly written 1864
KEYWORDS: money hardtimes humorous derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 161-162, "The Loafer's Lament" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10871
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Last Rose of Summer" (tune) and references there
File: ChMS161

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