Wandering Laborer's Song, The

DESCRIPTION: "It was up on the Moffat Tunnel, In Colorado's snowy clime, Two buddies while working together Quarreled over a jug of wine"; they kill each other. There are deaths on the section gang. Prostitutes take their money. But "I love my pick and shovel"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (Milburn, Hobo's Handbook)
KEYWORDS: death drink fight whore railroading
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 80, "The Wandering Laborer's Song" (1 text)
Roud #9870
File: LDC080

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