The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67126 Message #3651296
Posted By: Lighter
15-Aug-14 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Old Chisholm Trail
Subject: RE: Origins: Old Chisholm Trail
I wonder how many people who sing bawdy versions (apparently the only ones still in significantly oral tradition)realize they're offshoots of "The Old Chisholm Trail."
I wonder how many have even heard of the original song.
The bawdy lyrics always go to the tune we learned in school. Lomax, however, printed three or four different tunes to the (mostly) clean words. I've seen a couple of others since.