Josh John

DESCRIPTION: "You have wandered away from your Josh, John... And the spot where you stand And your home in the flowery land, The waves of an ocean dash." John has cut off his pigtail. He has no wife. He's left his "national god." He is worse off than at home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1863 (Johnson's New Comic Songs No. 2., according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: immigration hair | Chinese racist
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Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest
Roud #V57987
File: LDC300

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