Twin Ballots, The

DESCRIPTION: Two ballots are cast together on election day. One is by the local brewer, the other by a "Sunday school man." The Sunday school man spends all day denouncing saloons, but votes for rum. The song waxes sarcastic about this hypocrisy
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Randolph)
KEYWORDS: drink political clergy
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Randolph 310, "The Twin Ballots" (1 text, 1 tune)
Randolph/Cohen-OzarkFolksongs-Abridged, pp. 259-206, "The Twin Ballots" (1 text, 1 tune -- Randolph's 310)
DT, TWNBLLT*
ADDITIONAL: Fred W. Allsopp, Folklore of Romantic Arkansas, Volume II (1931), p. 211, "The Twin Ballots" (1 text)
ST R310 (Partial)
Roud #7787
File: R310

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