“Don't Come to Michigan”
Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1941 (Beck)
Found in: US(MW)
Description
Singer tells listeners all the reasons not to come to the Michigan lumber woods: snakes, bugs, dangerous sawmills, corduroy roads, quack doctors, and thieving merchants.
Cross references
- cf. "The Rigs of the Times" (lyrics)
- cf. "On Meesh-e-gan" (theme)
References
- Beck 3, "Don't Come to Michigan" (1 text)
- Roud #6524
- BI, Be003
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