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Thread #99864   Message #1997697
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
15-Mar-07 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Nashville Students Jubilee Songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nashville Students Jubilee Songs
See thread 10108: Rattlesnake
I think I got my snakes mixed up. "Springfield Mountain" aka "Rattlesnake Mountain" is the very old White song in which a serpent, snake or rattlesnake is the central character; the black snake appears in mostly Black folk song and story.