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GUEST,Sid Gilbert Origins: Was there really a train 'Lonesome Pine' (34) RE: Origins: Was there really a train 'Lonesome Pine' 09 Feb 17


Leenia you mention the slowness and lack of happiness to the Carter's singing,having grown up in the Appalachians this was typical of singing from the area until more modern times.It may have come from the Scotch Irish that settled there.In the last century English songs were found to being sung in the Appalachians that hadn't been sung in England for 200 years.We may be slow but we finally get there..


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