“Tomah Stream”
Description
The singer warns against drinking and hiring out to Tomah Stream. Instead of the easy work and good food he was promised, he finds mud roads, thin shelters, and poor and inadequate rations. He ends by exchanging insults with the boss Natty [Lamb].
Notes
Tomah stream is in eastern Maine, not far from the Canadian border.
This song is item dC53 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW- RBW
References
- Doerflinger, pp. 216-217, "Tomah Stream" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #4074
- BI, Doe216