Hoboes of Maine, The

DESCRIPTION: "All brother Hoboes, I pray come along, I hope you will listen and join in my song." There were many young men traveling the state. They live lousy lives. The Police oppress them. They have "great hope That in some future day they will have further scope"
AUTHOR: Larry Gorman (1846-1917)
EARLIEST DATE: 1924 (Ives-LarryGorman; Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: hobo hardtimes
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Ives-LarryGorman, pp. 119-121, 195, "The Hoboes of Maine" (1 text)
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 140-144, "The Hoboes of Maine" (1 text)
Roud #32546
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Old Chesuncook Road" (subject of travels in Maine)
NOTES [39 words]: The notes in Ives-LarryGorman say that this is one of the few Gorman songs found in broadsides, the others being "The Old Pod Auger Days" and "The Workman." The Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine derives from one of the broadsides. - RBW
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