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Comment by Nancy kat on September 5, 2018 at 4:12am

Aww Jim super great job on the song and uke....I use to sing this to my Tortie Cat yrs ago....good memory! Meowww^..^

Comment by BrianQ. on September 4, 2018 at 7:02pm

Thanx, I haven’t heard that song in so long, a classic 

Comment by Richard Sundberg on September 4, 2018 at 4:19pm

That’s a nice crisp tone, clear as light! Matches your voice and the story perfectly Jim!  Small box with a big voice! The guitar that is.

Comment by Jim Morris on September 4, 2018 at 8:45am

Yup wes, lots of affection then and now for a good mule!

Comment by Jim Morris on September 4, 2018 at 8:44am

Thanks Keith. I'm just a few miles from the C&O canal. Fortunately it's become a National Park and much of it remains.

Comment by Jim Morris on September 4, 2018 at 8:41am

Yup Unc, salty indeed!

Comment by Keith Rearick on September 4, 2018 at 8:22am

You can see remnants of the canal in a town near me, and when traveling on I-79, to Erie, and some on I-90 to Buffalo NY. Don't know if there is any left down by Pittsburg. Sounds good, and always like your perfomance.

Comment by Uncle John on September 4, 2018 at 7:35am

Jim, it's like Salty Dog.   The intentions at the time were quite 'salty'. 

Comment by Jim Morris on September 4, 2018 at 7:15am

Thanks Unc. I knew this song dated back to pre Civil war days but this helps fill in the blanks. Wait, why did you put "dancing girls" in quotes? lol

Comment by Uncle John on September 4, 2018 at 4:39am

Super nice sound and performance.  

The song writer, Hodges,  wrote the song about the women in the canal district in Buffalo, New York. At the time the district was the western terminus of the Erie Canal and the place where canal and freighter crewman were paid off. This resulted in a high amount of bars, concert-hall dives, and brothels in the district where the men spent their money and hundreds of "dancing girls"

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