The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2601 Message #3677881
Posted By: Lighter
17-Nov-14 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Frankie and Johnny - historical basis
Subject: RE: Frankie and Johnny - historical basis
Folklorist Gershon Legman wrote that he once contacted Beer for the source of his "information" that "F&J" was sung in the 1870s.
Legman pointedly noted that he never received a reply.