Joe Williams

DESCRIPTION: "My name it is Joe Williams, my age is 21, I came out to this country a ramblin' son-of-a-gun...." "I went to town.... On Fifth Avenue I met a pretty lass, I introduced her to my elick, and I shoved it up her ass." His reward is a venereal disease
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1976 (recorded by Logsdon from Riley Neal)
KEYWORDS: derivative disease whore
FOUND IN: US(SW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Logsdon-WhorehouseBellsWereRinging 32, pp. 182-185, "Joe Williams" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #10096
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Son of a Gambolier (I)" (tune) and references there.
File: Logs032

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