Does anyone know where the tune used for Woody Guthrie's 'Vigilante Man' comes from? Clearly, many of his songs were put to tunes from existing songs and I was wondering whether this one that had come from somewhere else, and if so where. It is a very fine modal tune which is quite close to that used by Gillian Welch for 'The Devil Had a Hold on Me' on Hell Among the Yearlings. Is there a common root to these tunes?

Thanks for any information

Bill