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Song concerning business and drinking mentions Old John Brown, Tommy Davis, Seth, George, Amos and Watson; reference to "mods:state Auditors Punch" may be political. Song concerning business and drinking mentions Old John Brown, Tommy Davis, Seth, George, Amos and Watson; reference to "mods:state Auditors Punch" may be political. Title from first line. To be sung to the tune: The cork leg. Text of song in seven four-line stanzas with two-line nonsense refrain beginning: Ri tu di nu, di nu di nu. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence. Two political poems, Padelford's address to Hon. Thomas Davis (Brown University copy HB9781) and A dialogue between Padelford, Barstow and Davis (Brown University copy HB12564) give clue to some men mentioned; Davis was a Rhode Island Congressman.