The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4772   Message #26398
Posted By: murray@mpce.mq.edu.au
23-Apr-98 - 10:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Duncan and Brady
Subject: RE: Duncan and Brady
Something I have always wondered about the Leadbelly version, which is now version 2 on the database.

Why does he say "grocery floor" instead of "barroom floor" or something like that. Was "grocery" a name for a general store that offered everything including a bar?

Murray