Philadelphia

DESCRIPTION: "Philadelphia is a handsome town And so is Cincinnati; The streets are lined with dollar bills And the pretty girls they are plenty."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians)
KEYWORDS: money playparty nonballad
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sharp-EnglishFolkSongsFromSouthernAppalachians 266, "Philadelphia" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #5720
NOTES [38 words]: Roud lumps this with the "Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss" family, and certainly the form fits. But I don't recall seeing these words in that song, and the tune is different from what I've usually heard. so I've split them. - RBW
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File: ShAp266

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