Down in a Boston Restaurant
DESCRIPTION: A moneyless hobo steals a crock of beans from a Boston restaurant and escapes from a cop who chases him. He marries a girl with false teeth and hair and a wooden leg. She has a baby girl; he wants boys. He hopes to fool a blind man with a fake quarter
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA/Leach)
KEYWORDS: marriage theft hair money food humorous children wife police hobo
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #18206
RECORDINGS:
Mike Kent, "Down in a Boston Restaurant" (on MUNFLA/Leach) (2 versions)
File: RcDinBRe
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