http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/1060/index.html

is the song that was really popular when I was very young in the early thirties.
words and music are at this website.
Probably not the one you are looking for but a grand old song that was very popular during the depression. My dad used to sing it to us all the time.
Merry Christmas to the Technics Forum.
Bebop