The gum-tree canoe.
[Dundee] : Poets Box, 182 Overgate, Dundee,
[1880-1900?]
Dated from examination of text and style.
In one column.
'Price one penny'.
'Copies of this popular song can always be had at the Poet's Box, 182 Overgate, Dundee'.
'Songs - By sending the name of any song and 2d. in stamps almost any song you want will be sent by return of post; if the song wanted is not in stock, a book containing nearly all the latest songs and ballads of the day will be sent. Adress - Mr. William Shepherd, Poet's Box, 182 Overgate, Dundee.'.
First lines read: On the Tombigby river, in a hut a born, / In a hut made of stalks of the tall yallow corn; / It was there I met with my Julia so true, / And we went for a sail in my gum-tree canoe.
Ballads, English