The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #70696   Message #3468674
Posted By: Stringsinger
19-Jan-13 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Been In The Pen So Long
Subject: RE: Origins: Been In The Pen So Long
Sure Hoot. It was about 1957 or so, can't remember when it came out.

Sandburg's book was a "bible" of folk songs at that time. I have a 1927 edition when it first came out.