And, pace Leslie Riddle:

"Cribbed" is gratuitous and unnecessary. Riddle worked hard for A.P. and no one is more grateful for what he did than I am, but why take a dig at A.P.? Mr. Carter always gave generous credit to his song sources in black music. They've been traced by various people, from Rev. F.W. McGee on "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room" to such recorded artists as Tarter & Gay.

I am glad to see any and all black sources credited; I think this is highly important and deserved.

But what is this thread creep doing in a discussion of Woody anyway?