Hundred Years Ago
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Oh, a hundred years on the Eastern Shore
Oh, yea, oh!
A hundred years on the Eastern Shore
A hundred years ago!
Ol' Bully John from Baltimore
I knew him well, on the Eastern shore
Ol' Bully John was the boy for me
A bully on shore and a bucko at sea
Ol' Bully John I knew him well
But now he'd dead and gone to hell.
He's as dead as a nail on the lamp room floor
He's as dead as a nail that son of a whore
They used to think that pigs could fly
Have you ever heard such a silly lie?
They thought the world was square and flat
Don't tell old Chris Columbo that!
They say that mermaids was no yarn
In Baltimore they've a lot to l'arn
They hung a man for making steam
Throwed his body into the stream
Oh a hundred years is a very long time
Oh a hundred years is a very long time