Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 503
;No boatmen stood by helm or oar.No mules were tugging on the shore;All work on land and water tooHad been abandoned by the crew.Said one: We see, without a doubt,What some dispute has brought about.Perhaps a strike for greater pay, For even rates, or shorter day.Has caused the boats to loiter… … That boats upon their way may glide.Then some ran here and there with speed 1890.1 THE BROWNIES ON THE CANAL. 1035
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