Oh My Liver and Lungs

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, my liver and my lungs, my lights and my legs, They're paining me." Heart and head also hurt. The singer is burdened by endless work and the misery of life
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1936 (collected from Mrs. Frost Woodhull)
KEYWORDS: injury hardtimes nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, p. 272, "Oh My Liver and Lungs" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #15603
File: LoSi272

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