“Reid's Express”
Description
"You'll get on board of Reid's Express to travel the icy rail" to the station at Badger Brook and lumber "just like a slave... 'twill carry you to your grave." "When I gets home no more I'll roam and the lumbering woods I'll shun."
Notes
Badger Brook, later Badger, is not far from Bonavista Bay on the northeast coast of Newfoundland. - BS
References
- Peacock, pp. 757-758, "Reid's Express" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #9800
- BI, Pea757