Old Timer's Plaint, An

DESCRIPTION: "Some folks say there's no such thing as good or evil luck; Success depends on labor, backed by energy and pluck" -- but the singer has worked hard for fifty years and gotten nowhere. His friend never lives well but never works. Of course it's luck
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: work hardtimes clothes
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 56-57, "An Old Timer's Plaint" (1 text) (pp. 46-47 in the 1919 edition)
Roud #14098
File: Shoe056

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