Levee Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "I was born in Mobile town, a-working on the levee, All day I rolled the cotton down, a-working on the levee." "I had a dog, his name was Bill... he ran away but I'm here still." Uses the entire text of "I've Been Working on the Railroad" as a chorus.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2022 (Derek Piotr Archive)
KEYWORDS: work home dog derivative
FOUND IN: US
RECORDINGS:
Judy Cook, "The Levee Song" (Piotr-Archive #268, recorded 09/27/2022)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I've Been Working on the Railroad" (entire text is included in this song)
NOTES [33 words]: Roud appears to lump this with "I've Been Working on the Railroad" -- understandably, since it uses that song as the chorus. But since the verses are something entirely different, I've slit them. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.7
File: DPio266

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