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Thread #129897 Message #3026887
Posted By: Stewart
08-Nov-10 - 02:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Poor Old Woman/Housewife's Lament
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Poor Old Woman/Housewife's Lament
We sing this version of the song here in the Northwest:
Patti McLaughlin & Don Firth sing Life Is A Toil (yes, that's Mudcat's Don FIrth singing it back in 1959 on Seattle KTCS-TV, thanks to Bob (Deckman) Nelson's tape archive).
It's essentially the same as Q's initial post here, with a few words changed or turned around, and a couple extra verses. It was also a favorite of Walt Robertson ("Dean of Northwest Folksingers"), and recorded on his LP "American Northwest Ballads."
Cheers, S. in Seattle