Mudcat Café message #3892871

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Thread #159959 Message #3892871
Posted By: GUEST
08-Dec-17 - 05:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Four Little Girls in Boston (Driftwood)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Four Little Girls in Boston (Driftwood)

I hear the line in the second verse as "I guess the wise folks ought to know" which sounds much more likely for a commercial recording (Jimmy Rodgers B side) and having known Driftwood. That's commercial folksinger Jimmy Rodgers not the Singing Brakeman.