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Click here for the information we have on "Drinking Gourd." Although it may have traditional roots, I believe the first well-known version of "Drinking Gourd" was recorded by the Weavers in the 1950s and attributed to Ronnie Gilbert, Fed Hellerman, Lee Hays, and Pete Seeger. That being the case, it would not be in the public domain. This site (click) says the song was first published in 1928, which would still not be in the public domain in the U.S. - but there is other evidence on the site that the gong goes back to about 1910, which would put it in public domain. Please conduct any discussion of this song in one of the existing threads - we have a confusing number of threads on this song already. The only online "sheet music" source I could find is the simple tune from the Lomax book, American Ballads and Folk songs (1934).

This Google Book Search will take you to "Revolutionary Tea." Our information on "Revolutionary Tea" is here (click).

Keep watching this thread. Perhaps somebody else will come up with leads to the sheet music you seek. "Revolutionary Tea" is an old, old song - but I didn't find any piano arrangements.

-Joe-