Oh no

[caile]

So, I was singing this little ditty earlier:

They're dumping the slag over to the steel plant,
dumping the slag in the middle of the night,
they're dumping the slag over to the steel plant,
go back to bed, darling, everything is all right.

Then I started thinking about how funny it is that this is a parody of Peter at the Metre, which is a

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[erins_pub]

I don't know it, but I'm a PE Islander anyhow. I want to track the tune down though -- I love learning new "folk songs" of the region.

[caile]

Available on fine vinyl recording of Cape Breton comedy duo Hughie and Allan! Or... I can't think who else has recored this song... possibly Allistair MacGillvary?

Peter at the meter

[anonymous]

I tripped over this comment and I seem to recall some of the words of the song written and performed by the Cape Breton comedy duo: Hughie (MacKenzie) and Allan (MacDougall) song entitled "Peter at the Meter":

1st verse
Well I went into Sydney with a cord of wood,
I parked my horse on Charlotte Street to buy some goods,
I tied him to an iron post, there's plenty there,
and along came an Ossifer and he did blare:

chorus:
Put a penny,
in the parking meter,
Put a nickel if you're going to stay late,
Can't you read,
it says violation,
And if you don't pay it you will see the magistrate

2nd verse
So I says to the Ossifer: my name is Peter,
and I ain't putting money in your parking meter
The Ossfier said, now don't get guffy
and off to the magistrate we did go with the horse in tow

3rd verse I can't recall it, so I don't know if there is one.

last verse - something like
If you go into Sydney with a load of wood,
Don't park your horse on Charlotte Street to some buy goods,
Put your number tens on
and hoof it into town