The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88030   Message #3494018
Posted By: GUEST,Goldie
23-Mar-13 - 10:21 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: In the Evening, When the Sun Goes Down
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: In the Evening, When the Sun Goes Down
Can anyone explain the use of "Marble Town" in these (not-the-Leadbelly-song) lyrics? It seems to me a very bald reference to a graveyard, but I don't know when these words snuck into the traditional English song and whether they refer to anything/place more specific in the Appalachians, where they were "collected" by Cecil Sharp.