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Thread #85225   Message #1579123
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
08-Oct-05 - 10:09 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Precious Jewel (Roy Acuff)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Precious Jewel (Roy Acuff)
Two sets of Roane County, with notation and audio, are at  The Max Hunter Folk Song Collection:

Rome County  -Harrison Burnett, Fayetteville, Arkansas. July 11, 1958
Hills Of Rome County  -Harrison Burnett, Fayetteville, Arkansas. July 5, 1960

The Roud Folk Song Index lists Roane County at number 3387, and Precious Jewel at number 18658. There are no entries at present that would take the date back much beyond the 1940s.

I may be able to look up the Kirkeminde article in Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, but apparently Sheffield only has microfilm of a "damaged set" of that publication, so don't hold your breath.