“Tobasco”

Description

The singer notes, "You can talk about your cities... But the little place of Tobasco is good enough for me." Tobasco has no fancy buildings, ornate churches, or sidewalks, and is not right for everyone -- but it suits the singer just fine

Supplemental text

Tobasco
  Partial text(s)

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From Norman Cazden, Herbert Haufrecht, Norman Studer, Folk Songs
of the Catskills, #158, p. 589. From the singing of Celia Kelder.

You can talk about your cities, their steady growth in size,
Brag about your county seats and business enterprise,
Railroads and factories, and all you've got to see,
But the little place of Tobasco is good enough for me.

(2 additional stanzas)

References

1. FSCatkills 158, "Tobasco" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. ST FSC158 (Partial)
3. BI, FSC158