Our Leaky Tents

DESCRIPTION: "In our leaky tents we sit, thinking of the good old times That in Springville City we spent so gay." But now they have "Snow, hail, rain, and windy weather Pelting our weather-beaten forms." But they remain in their tents so they can fight the Indians
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1932 (Daughters of Utah Pioneers, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: Indians(Am.) fight hardtimes | tent
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 288-289, "Our Leaky Tents" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" (tune) and references there
File: LDC288

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