“Going to Boston”

Description

Playparty: "Goodbye girls, I'm going to Boston, (x3) Early in the morning." "Rights and lefts and play the better." "Won't you look pretty in the ballroom." The verses may describe the girls following the boys, or may just be about dancing

Cross references

• cf. "The Paw-Paw Patch" (lyrics)

Recordings

• Pete Seeger, "Going to Boston" (on PeteSeeger21)
• Art Thieme, "Going to Cairo" (on Thieme05)

References

1. Randolph 526, "We'll All Go to Boston" (2 texts, 1 tune)
2. Lomax-ABFS, pp. 297-298, "Going to Boston" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Sharp/Karpeles-80E 67, "Going to Boston" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Ritchie-SingFam, pp. 62-64, "[Goin' to Boston]" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Ritchie-Southern, p. 19, "Goin' to Boston" (1 text, 1 tune)
6. SharpAp 261, "Going to Boston" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Silber-FSWB, p. 391, "Going To Boston" (1 text)
8. DT, GOINBSTN
9. Roud #3595
10. BI, SKE67