Little Old Sod Shanty in the West, The

DESCRIPTION: "You may sing about the little old log cabin in the lane, Or of the little German home across the sea," but the singer prefers his prairie claim. They live on game. There are no towns except the ones made by prairie dogs. But now the area is being settled
AUTHOR: Words: O. E. Murray (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Aberdeen, SD, "Dakota Farmer," December 15, 1909, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: home derivative food
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 564-566, "The Little Old Sod Shanty in the West" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #11207
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" (tune) and references there
File: LDC564

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