Battler's Ballad

DESCRIPTION: "You are just a lonely battler and you're waiting for a rattler And you wish to heaven you were never born." The hobo watches the trains and prepares for a rough ride. But "There will surely come a day When you'll own a bloody railway of your own."
AUTHOR: Jack Wright (source: Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1993 (Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs); reportedly written c. 1936
KEYWORDS: train railroading hobo
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Scott-ACollectorsNotebook-31TraditionalSongs, pp. 18-19, "Battler's Ballad" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #22615
File: ScCol018

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