Shawneetown

DESCRIPTION: "Some rows up, but we floats down, Way down the Ohio to Shawneetown. And it's hard on the beech oar; she moves too slow, Way down to Shawneetown on the Ohio." The singer tells of life on an Ohio River keelboat: they sell drink for salt. It's hard to see
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Salt-BuckeyeHeritage-OhiosHistory)
KEYWORDS: river travel drink
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Salt-BuckeyeHeritage-OhiosHistory, p. 47, "Shawneetown" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [25 words]: Because Salt does not list her source for this song, and I have not seen it elsewhere, I do not list it as being found in Ohio or anywhere else. - RBW
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File: Salt047

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