Music of the Gold Rush & Civil war

The Rowdy
Air: Comin' through the Rye
Put's Golden Songster: containing the largest and most popular collection of California songs ever published by John A Stone
San Francisco : D.E. Appleton & Co., 1858

1. If a rowdy meet a rowdy,
   Going down the street-
   If a rowdy ask a rowday,
   Must a rowdy treat?
   
   CHORUS
   Every rowdy has his toddy,
   Ne'er a "tod" have I;
   But all the rowdies follow me,
   Whenever they are dry.
   
   
2. If a rowdy sees a rowdy
   Take a glass of grog,
   Should a rowdy call a rowdy
   D-d infernal hog?
   Every rowdy has his toddy,&c.
   
   
3. If a rowdy meet a rowdy
   Anywhere in town,
   Should a rowdy curse a rowdy,
   Knock a rowdy down.
   Every rowdy has his toddy,&c.
   
   
4. If a rowdy sees a rowdy
   Trying to raise a "fout,"
   Should a rowdy say to rowdy,
   "Go in, let's clean him out."
   Every rowdy has his toddy,&c.
   
   
5. If a rowdy will be a rowdy,
   Ride him on a rail;
   Tar the rowdy, feather rowdy,
   Take him off to jail!
   Every rowdy has his toddy,&c.

Score from the Lester S. Levy Collection
Score from the Library of Congress

MIDI file of "Comin' Through The Rye " (Used by permission of B. R. Tubb from his website at Public Domain Music.)