Never Push a Man When He's Going Down the Hill

DESCRIPTION: "In this sensation century, good songs are very few, The words are little cared for If the music it is new." It's hard to find ideas, but here's one: "Never push a man when he's going down the hill." Life and fate are bad enough; don't make it worse
AUTHOR: Words: Harry Linn (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall) / Music: Eph. Horn, Jr. (source: sheet music) or Harry Linn (source: FolkSongAndMusicHall)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (FolkSongAndMusicHall); the sheet music in the Duke collection published by W. W. Whitney is copyrighted 1870
KEYWORDS: music warning | fate hill motto
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
GusWilliamsLeedleGermanBandSongster, pp. 40-41, "Never Push a Man When He's Going Down the Hill" (1 text, 1 tune)
FolkSongAndMusicHall, "Help one another boys; never push a man when he’s going downhill"
Roud #21544
BROADSIDES:
NLScotland, Crawford.EB.3450, "Don't Push a Man Because He's Going Down the Hill," unknown, n.d.
File: GWLG040

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