“Roustabout Holler”

Description

"Oh, Po' roustabout don't have no home, Makes his livin' on his shoulder bone." The singer, loading sacks of cottonseed on the steamer Natchez, has no home and a sore shoulder, but does have a "little gal in big New Orleans."

Cross references

References

  1. Botkin-MRFolklr, p. 571, "Roustabout Holler" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Roud #15599
  3. BI, BMRF571

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1939
Keywords: work river
Found in: US(So)