“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
- cf. "Levee Camp Holler"
- cf. "Steel Laying Holler"
References
- Botkin-MRFolklr, p. 571, "Roustabout Holler" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #15599
- BI, BMRF571