Song sheet: RAMS' SONG. Tune--Rocks of Sicily.
Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, circa 1850s. First Edition. Eleven verses, in part: "Come all you jolly rams And listen to my song,-- I will tell you of a cowardly crowd, Called Scrougers, No. 1 .... We run to no fires. At Second and Wharton we stand; And when we meet a friend, We will take him by the hand...." Typographic ornamental border. 11" x 5.5". Sealed in archival mylar. Very Good. Item #039790
[Wolf, American Song Sheets, 1964.] The Rams were a small, independent fire brigade in mid-19th-century Philadelphia. "Ordinances of 1840, 1855, and 1856 established a City Fire Department which was a voluntary association of independent fire companies which, in return for subsidies, accepted the direction of City Councils" (Wikipedia). This song refers to the Philadelphia fire-company riots of the 19th century, which led the City Council to eliminate the volunteer fire-company system.
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