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Thread #64162 Message #2712384
Posted By: Richie
30-Aug-09 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Susianna - Take Me Back to Tulsa
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: SUSIANNA- TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA
Hey Q,
The lyrics to Shear Em appear the the song, Steamboat, by Charles L. Long, from Quitman, Mississippi.
Also in Folksongs of Florida p. 184.
There might more info in books about Wills regard Take Me Back to Tulsa and how Wills came up with the melody. Walking Georgia Rose, an instrumental has teh same melody.