Bad Luck to the Man

DESCRIPTION: "Bad luck to the man Who invented the plan For he ruined us wagoners And every other man."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2905 (Rothrock)
KEYWORDS: canal hardtimes
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, p. 214, "(Regret of the Conestoga Teamsters After Canas Had Rendered Wagon Roads Superfluous)" (1 fragment)
ADDITIONAL: J. T. Rothrock, "'Taking the Cure' In the Coalings of Pennsylvania a Half Century Ago," article in _Journal of Outdoor Life_, Volume 2 (1905) (available on Google Books), p. 252, "(no title)" (1 fragment)
File: Shoe214A

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