I Want a Sled Load of Some Poles

DESCRIPTION: "I want a sled load of some poles To build my chimney higher, For when the fearful rains come on It drowns out all my fire." Similarly, the singer wants poles to fence his garden to keep his neighbor's hogs out
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968 (Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest)
KEYWORDS: home storm | poles hogs
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, p. 72, "(I want a sled load of some poles)" (1 text)
File: GFGW072A

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