Dusty Towns vs Oscar Brand vs Rusty Wareen

[Trevor Stenson]

I Canada in around the 50s (and other years) there was a serious
Country/Folk artist who did risque music. He was Oscar Brand and I
think he would give Dusty/Rusty a run for their money

Check out some album covers:

http://www.moneyblows.com/My%20Pictures/LPs%20purple%20crate/brand,oscar-
bawdy%20songs%20vol%20II.jpg

http://www.moneyblows.com/My%20Pictures/LPs%20purple%20crate/brand,oscar-
sing%20along%20bawdy%20songs.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc388.
jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bsnpubs.com/abc/abc300.html&h=225&w=225&sz=16&tb
nid=C6ODEIAMCp4J:&tbnh=102&tbnw=102&start=39&prev=/images%3Fq%3Doscar%2Bb
rand%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

Note: click on the thumb nails to see the full images.

He was also an influence on a young Bob Dylan.

One of his most notorious songs was the Winnipeg Whore:

http://www.captainscience.com/code/winnipeg%20whore.mp3

Here are some alternate lyrics and it is a parody of an even older song.
I don't know if Oscar brand did the original parody, but his is probably
the most popular

------ THE WINNIPEG WHORE ------

[the saga of an early Canadian immigrant]

My first trip up the Chippeway River
My first trip to Canadian shores
There I met a young miss O'Flannigan
Commonly known as the Winnipeg Whore
Commonly known as the Winnipeg Whore
--
"Well," says she, "I think I know you
Let me sit upon your knee
How's about a little lovin'?
Dollar and a half is the usual fee
Dollar and a half is the usual fee"
--
She took my arm and led me quickly
To the place she used to sleep
Dirty old room with a straw-filled mattress
Wasn't too clean but it sure was cheap
Wasn't too clean but it sure was cheap
--
Some were drunk and some were sober
Some were lying on the floor
I was in the darkest corner
Throwing the blocks to the Winnipeg Whore
Throwing the blocks to the Winnipeg Whore
--
She was fiddling, I was diddling
Didn't know what 'twas all about
Till I missed my watch and wallet
Christ almighty, I found out
Christ almighty, I found out
--
Up jumped the whore and sons of bitches
Must have been a score or more
You'd have laughed to cream your britches
To see my ass fly out that door
To see my ass fly out that door
--
My first trip up the Chippeway River
My first trip to Canadian shores
There I met a young miss O'Flannigan
Commonly known as the Winnipeg Whore
Commonly known as the Winnipeg Whore

[Paul Morris]

Dollar and a half?? I thought the going rate was two bucks. Man, she was
cheap.

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