"PAYING THE FERRY MAN"
Back In The 1800s.................... And Maybe Earlier Also...If You Wanted To Get Across The River.?................Well....This Was The Story...And what You Had To Pay....."For One Carriage Or Sleigh"
1)"If Either Is Drawn By 4 Horses".....................25 Cents
2)"If Drawn By 2 Horses".................................15 Cents
3)"If Drawn by 1 Horse"..................................10 Cents
4)"For Every Score Of Cattle"............................25 Cents
5)"For Every Score Of Sheep..............................10 Cents
6)"For Every Cart Or Wagon...............................18 Cents
7)"For Every Horse With A Rider".........................6 Cents
8)"For Every Tied Horse".................................6 Cents
9)"For Every Person On Foot".............................3 Cents
10)"For Those That Are Going To Church"................"No Charge"
Comments (38)
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Can I board the ferry if I promise to go to church?...lol...
But In All Reality
If I was The "Ferry Man" Back Then
There Aint Nobody "Gittin" On
Til I See The Money
And Im Sure Thats how It Was Then
No Money.....No Ridee................. .....
If youre Gonna Give me The Line That Everyday Youre Going To Church
That Line Will Run Its Course Very Fast ........
Thanks
I Dont Think There Are Any other Songs About Ferries
Or Are There?.................
Only a guy called Brian Ferry...not a song...I checked...
Yeah, my first impression I got when reading your blog is that many moons ago, but money played a big role then and even more so nowadays...today not even going to church is for free any more ... Today most churches are run as a business... yeah, the power of money and the competition to get more in all sectors and all countries ..where will it end one day... Irony of your story...without money you would have been left behind (unless you would have gone to church...)...
They Could Always Swim Across..........
Money?....Yep
Capitalism Took Root here In America(Though It Already Existed Elsewhere In The World)With The pilgrims Who Arrived Here
At First All Was fine When Everyone Did Their Share Of The Work
Then Some Started To Slack Of(After All There Was No Incentive To Work Too Hard) So They Implemented In centives For The Work being Done.....And All Of A Sudden There was Production
Beyond What Was being Produced before....And from That Point On
It Was All About The Money...........Still is..........And Always Will Be...............
You think the people could swim those days... Only teasing, early morning hours in SA...time for my snooze
One night The Bar Caught fire Big Time
Those That Could Escape ..Did
Some were Passed out On the Floor
And he Told me.."What Did The owner Of The Bar Do?"
"He Grabbed All The Money From The Register And Ran Away leaving Those To Die"
When It Comes To Money...Though Its A Communist Country..(Thats Just A Term) The Chinese Are The Worst When it Comes To "Money".........
Im Talking In general here
Actually...Everybody Is The same When It Comes to Money
Its
"Keep your hands Out of my Sack Jack"..........
I would like a refund...
She forgets That She has to get Back!!
I Hope She can Swim!! .........
Too funny...
No money no funny...
No Funny...........Thats Right
"Honey" .........
Was that a joke sonny?...
It was About The "Money"....... ............
Thought is was honey...
Here is to my swimming lessons...lol... but what if I am going to church?... number ten rule...
And See if there Would be fringe Benefits As We Cross..........................
Going back To The Other Side Shortly!!!
All Aboard!!!
Or Wait Til Tomorrow!!!!............
See you back on Mainland...
To Pay The "Ferry Man"............
700 years old..and you wonder at the work, and the cost...all paid for by the poor and taxes..nothing left for the ferry.
Took these yesterday whist in Milan.
The kind Of Ferry You Were speaking of
Is What I was Writing About..............
Nope...Not bad At All
This Way
There Aint That Far To Fall..............
The Ferry Man Is Paid
Time To Make The Crossing............