Pleasant Ohio

DESCRIPTION: "When rambling o'er these mountains And rocks, where ivies grow... great storms of snow, cold winds that blow... Says I, my boys, we'll leave this place For the pleasant Ohio." The singer is sad to leave friends behind, but looks forward to Ohio life
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Salt-BuckeyeHeritage-OhiosHistory)
KEYWORDS: home travel nonballad
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 394-395, "[Pleasant Ohio]" (1 text)
Salt-BuckeyeHeritage-OhiosHistory, pp. 34-36, "Pleasant Ohio" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1026
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lovely Ohio" (subject)
cf. "Chase the Buffalo (I)" (lyrics)
NOTES [31 words]: Roud appears to lump this with "Chase the Buffalo (I)," and there certainly seems to be a relationship. But I'd consider this to be a deliberate localization, so I'm splitting them. - RBW
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