Info
This song was sung as people were building post-rail fences.
Lyrics
(Folk song)
Put ’em up solid, they won’t come down,
Hey, ma laddie, they won’t come down.
See also
- Subjects: building / work
- Harmony: I, IV
- Meter: 5/4
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: s,l,drmsl
- Source: The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcout Brace and Company, 1927
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
