Irishman's Shanty

DESCRIPTION: "Did you ever hear of an Irishman's shanty Where water was scarce and whiskey was plenty? A two-legged stool and a table to match A stick in the door instead of a latch?"
AUTHOR: George W. Osborn
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (New-Comic-Songster)
KEYWORDS: poverty drink humorous nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf) Ireland US(SE)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Greenleaf/Mansfield-BalladsAndSeaSongsOfNewfoundland 109, "Irishman's Shanty" (1 fragment)
O'Conor-OldTimeSongsAndBalladOfIreland, pp. 118-119, "The Irishman's Shanty" (1 text)
Morris-FolksongsOfFlorida, #243, "The Irishman's Shanty" (1 short text)
New-Comic-Songster, p. 59, "The Irishman's Shanty" (1 text, 1 tune)
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol1, pp. 64-65, "Irish Woe" (1 short text, 1 tune, possibly this although it's hard to be sure)
Dime-Song-Book #2/72, p. 33 and #2/64, p. 33, "The Irishman's Shanty" (1 text)
Roud #4838
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 18(295), "The Irishman's Shanty," H. De Marsan (New York), 1864-1878 [same as LOCSinging sb20211b]; also Harding B 18(296), "The Irishman's Shanty"
LOCSinging, sb20211b, "The Irishman's shanty," H. De Marsan (New York), 1864-1878 [same as Bodleian Harding B 18(295)]; also as106270, as106280, as201680, "The Irishman's shanty"
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Irish Washerwoman" (tune and meter)
cf. "Irish Song (Oh, Go to Old Ireland)" (tune, subject)
cf. "The Railroad Corral" (tune and references for the "Irish Washerwoman" tune)
cf. "The Old Country Party" (tune)
NOTES [67 words]: Steve Roud lumps this with Jennie Devlin's "Irish Song," with which it shares both tune and theme, but there don't seem to be any words in common, so I've split them. - RBW
Broadsides LOCSinging sb20211b and Bodleian Harding B 18(295): H. De Marsan dating per Studying Nineteenth-Century Popular Song by Paul Charosh in American Music, Winter 1997, Vol 15.4, Table 1, available at FindArticles site. - BS
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