The Glendy Burk

The rivers in and near Pittsburg exercised a great fascination for Foster. He was always close to steamboat life. In Cincinnati His brother's warehouse, where he worked for four years, was on the waterfront and Stephen could watch the boats dock. He was a frequent traveler on the river in his youth and early manhood. The Glendy Burk was an actual steamboat which traveled up and down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Pittsburg to New Orleans. Background music is in the key of G

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De Glen-dy Burk is a might-y fast boat,

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Wid a might-y fast cap-tain too;

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He sits up dah on de hur-ri-cane roof

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And he keeps his eye on de crew.

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I can't stay here, for dey work too hard;

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I'm bound to leave dis town;

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I'll take my duds and tote 'em on my back

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When de Glen-dy Burk comes down.

chorus

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Ho! for Lou'-si-an-a! 

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I'm bound to leave dis town;

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I'll take my duds and tote 'em on my back

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When de Glen-dy Burk comes down.

verse 2
De Glendy Burk has a funny old crew
And dey sing de boatman's song
Dey burn de pitch and de pine knot too,
Forto shovede boat along.
De smoke goes up and de ingine roars
And de wheelgoes round and round,
So fare you well! for I'll take a little ride
When de Glendy Burk comesdown.

verse 3
I'll work all night in de windand storm,
I'll work all day in de rain,
'Till I find myself on de levy dock
In New Orleans again.
Dey make me mow in de hay field here
And knock my head wid de flail;
I'll go wha dey work wid de sugar and de cane
And roll on de cotton bale.