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Marc Lyr Req: Backside Albany (14) RE: Lyr Req: 'Back Side of Albany' 16 Jan 01


Well I've got it in, American Ballads and Folk Songs, by Alan Lomax. Basically the words are the same, the dialect does very alittle bvut not much. The Line in question in this version reads.

Some say he catch a col', trouble in he min' 'cause he eat so much col' and raw victual'.

I think what might be in your version is simply B'cause he ... .

Marc Bernier


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