There's a Man, Man, Man in Manitoba

DESCRIPTION: "There's a man, man, man in Manitoba, Lonely, so lonely, There's a man, man, man in Manitoba, And to him you have pledged your word... Slaving and saving, Building a nest In the far off West, For his own little English bird"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: love home separation
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 191, "There's a man, man, man in Manitoba" (1 text)
NOTES [35 words]: Alice Kane learned most of her songs in Belfast, but then moved to Canada. In this particular case, I suspect she learned the song in Canada rather than Ulster, so I have not listed a "found in" location. - RBW
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File: KSUC191A

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