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When the Steam Won't Rise single work   poetry   "On a-cursin' and perspirin'"
Issue Details: First known date: 1903... 1903 When the Steam Won't Rise
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Notes

  • Author's note: Holds the position of having burnt more wood, used more language, lost more sweat, and produced less steam than any other stoker on record. If the following jingle happens to be a bit 'rocky,' kindly put it down to brain fag, owing to the undermining influences of an 'indicator' that seemed to be possessed of several distinct and different kinds of devils.

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