Hi,

I am listening to the song, "Bright Sherman Valley" by Doctor Lloyd. The early recordings use that name. Somewhere I have more info on name change to "Red River."

The first published version was a song named "A Lady in Love" in 1889.
Anyone have the lyrics or info?

"A Lady in Love" was printed in a fairly obscure publication: Wehman's Collection of Songs published in New York City 1884-94.

This collection also was the first to print "Lulu Walls" by the Carter family. Anyone have access to that collection?

James Kerrigan's "In the bright Mohawk valley" was written in 1896. Was this a rewrite?

Seems like Fowke's claims about a Canadian origin are not true. Did she have any proof?

Richie