This song has gone through the folk process with roots in Maine. This version is situated on the Erie Canal in New York State and comes to me via Cliff Haslam from Bonnie Milner who got it from John Mayberry of the Toronto Morris Men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Griswold Inn<\/a> would be packed On 8:30 p.m. on any given Monday before the pandemic . A stately colonial building in the sleepy, coastal New England town of Essex<\/a>, Connecticut<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chorus: Well, I courted a girl in Albany, Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you get to Albany Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I came on from Ireland Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A dollar in a tavern Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amsterdam or Liverpool, Chorus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A drunkard in the tavern, Chorus: (2x)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This song has gone through the folk process with roots in Maine. This version is situated on the Erie Canal in New York State and comes to me via Cliff Haslam from Bonnie Milner who got it from John Mayberry of the Toronto Morris Men. The Griswold Inn would be packed On 8:30 p.m. on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4128,"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions\/4128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShove around the grog, boys,<\/em>
\nThe chorus around the room,<\/em>
\nFor we\u2019re the boys that fear no noise<\/em>
\nAlthough we\u2019re far from home!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nOne in Montreal,
\nOne in Philadelphy,
\nBut the best in Lewiston Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nGive the girls a call.
\nThere\u2019s not a tart to be compared,
\nWith the ones from Lewiston Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI was just a lad.
\nBut working these canal boats
\nIs the only life I\u2019ve had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIs very easy spent.
\nIf I had it in Ireland,
\nI\u2019d have to pay down rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nRome or Syracuse,
\nIf you\u2019ve ever been to Lewiston Falls,
\nIt\u2019s the only place you\u2019d choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nA fish is in the sea!
\nThe cork is in the bottle,
\nBut the whiskey is in me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n