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Thread #127369 Message #2840120
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
15-Feb-10 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Down in the Willow Garden
Subject: RE: Origins: Down in the Willow Garden
Quite right Q on the date. There are two versions in Cox (Oct 1915 and Jan 1917; though, acording to my copy, the book wasn't published until 1925) and I missed it when I scanned the 35 results I had from Roud.
It's the first version in Cox that appends the comment It was popular in the oil fields of Wetzel County about 1895.
I have a copy of the Bunting tune if anyone wants it for comparison.