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Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Eight verses, in part: "The Corkers are a crowd of men, who loaf about the town, Whose boarding bills are running up, and funds are running down . In the Engine or Hose house, the Corker you will find . While the alms house is handy, and Moyamensing near, Where you will be confined, without your pretzel or your beer." Typographic ornamental border. 9.5" x 6". Small chip from upper corner, no text loss. Sealed in archival mylar. [Wolf, American Song Sheets, 392.] 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. Moyamensing Prison was at Passyunk & Reed streets in South Philadelphia. Poe spent a night there in 1849, following his drunken suicide attempt.