Teamsters' Chorus

Teamsters' Chorus

To the Teamster, Peter Garff, who drove the "Welsh Ox Team" in Captain

Rawlin's Train, 1866, with which the Author walked one

thousand miles across the plains.

Words and Music by Evan Stephens.

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1. With a merry jog and a gay lit-tle soDg,

2. There's a bright eyed girl just aways a-head, Whoa haw, Buck and

3. To night we'll dance by the light of the moon,

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I trudge my way the whole day long,

Jer - ry boy, I wish she rode by my side in-stead, Whoa

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bye or bust,

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girl at last,

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Change the expression freely to suit the various lines. Do not sin?

the "Whoa haw, Buck" the same each time. In the last verse the entire last

part should decrease in vigor and speed. Tenderness rather than spright-

liness being most desired. The opportunity for varying the expression is

almost endless. — Author.