Happy Birthday!

In Winnipeg

Oscar Brand

was born 2/7/1920

And still on the radio - I'm told he's been airing his radio "Folksong Festival" since 1945. That's a while.
Further, a wonderful source for tunes for bawdy songs.


Happy Birthday!
In West Norton, VA: Dock (Moran) Boggs was born 2-07-1898 (d.2-07-1971) [thanx Doug Henkle]

Happy Birthday!
Major US folklorist & erstwhile Archivist of the L of C Folksong Division, BA Botkin was born 2/7/1901 (d.7/30/1975)
His A Treasury of American Folklore is required reading, you know.

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