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Thread #63334   Message #1027393
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
01-Oct-03 - 02:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: humorous song: Goin' downtown
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: humorous song: Goin' downtown
Several versions in thread 47009: Lynchburg

Also commonly called Jonny Boker, Goin' Down To Town and other names. Appeared in print in 1840 as a minstrel song, but could be older; Appalachian-Piedmont or Negro secular.