“Bolsum Brown”

Description

"There's a red light on the track for Bolsum Brown, for Bolsum Brown, for Bolsum Brown... And it'll be there when he comes back." "Hop along, sister Mary, hop along.... There's a red light on the track And it'll be there when he comes back."

Supplemental text

Bolsum Brown
  Complete text(s)

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From Carl Sandburg, The American Songbag, p. 355. No source
indicated.

1 There's a red light on the track for Bolsum Brown,
    For Bolsum Brown, for Bolsum Brown.
  There's a red light on the track,
  And it'll be there when he comes back.
  There's a red light on the track for Bolsum Brown.

2 Hop along, sister Mary, hop along,
    Hop along, hop along,
  There's a red light on the track,
  And it'll be there when he comes back.
  There's a red light on the track for Bolsum Brown.

References

1. Sandburg, p. 355, "Bolsum Brown" (1 short text, 1 tune)
2. ST San355 (Full)
3. BI, San355