We Are Anchored By the Roadside, Jim

DESCRIPTION: Singer (a "sacker" in the lumber camps) tells Jim that times were formerly good for drinkers, but that good booze is now hard to find. He says that despite this, cold water (i.e., temperance) is not for either or them, so they will "drink the old jug dry"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (Dime-Song-Book #3)
KEYWORDS: drink worker logger
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1738, p. 117, "The Old Whiskey Jug" (1 reference)
Dime-Song-Book #3/72, p. 37 and #3/62, p. 37, "The Old Whiskey Jug" (1 text)
DT, ROADJIM
Roud #5750
RECORDINGS:
Pat Ford, "We're anchored by the roadside, Jim" (AFS 4210 B2, 1939; in AMMEM/Cowell)
Robert Walker, "We Are Anchored by the Roadside, Jim" (on USWolfRiver)
BROADSIDES:
LOCSinging, sb30386a, "The Old Whiskey Jug" ("We're anchored by the roadside, Jim"), Andrews (Chatham, NY)
File: RcWAABTR

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