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HARLEM GOAT That Harlem goat / was feeling fine Ate three red shirts / right off the line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..../ . . . . . . . . . . . . . And tied him to / a railroad track. The whistle blew / the train drew nigh That Harlem goat / was doomed to die. He gave one groan / of mortal pain Coughed up those shirts / and flagged the train. I remember singing that at Camp Reed, a Boy Scout camp for troops in Westchester and Putnam Counties (NY), back in the late thirties. We knew it as "That Harle m Goat," but the action stopped after the goat flagged the train. We sang it cal l-and-response--the leader would sing a line and we'd repeat it. I remember som e rather wild attempts at harmony on the last line of each stanza. That seemed t o be the mostest fun part of the song. filename[ GOATSHR3 SI  8note Sheet |
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