The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1397 Message #1131154
Posted By: Stewie
07-Mar-04 - 05:26 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Gum Tree Canoe (Steele/Winnemore)
Subject: RE: Lyrics: Gum Tree Canoe?
Curiously, Meade's reference for this song differs. He gives 'George Reed w&m, 1847/S.S. Steele wds'. His earliest songbook citation is to 'Dime Song Book No. 3 [1859]'. ['Country Music Sources' p 462].