Old Beau Bill

DESCRIPTION: "Old Beau Bill was a fine old man, A-rigging and a-ragging in the world so long, But now his days have cone to pass, And we're bound to break up Beau Bill's class. So sit still ladies and don't take a chill, While the captain... ties Beau Bill"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1971 (NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal)
KEYWORDS: death
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
NorthCarolinaFolkloreJournal, Richard Walser, "His Worship the John Kuner" Vol. XIX, No. 4 (Nov 1971), p. 168, "(Old Beau Bill was a fine old man)" (1 text)
NOTES [35 words]: Walser calls this a John Kunnering song. For other such songs, see "Juba!".
Yes, the printed text gives the fourth line as "...Beau Bill's class." I would assume there are two extra letters in that last word. - RBW
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File: NCF194BB

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