Mudcat Café message #4082976

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Thread #168994 Message #4082976
Posted By: Lighter
11-Dec-20 - 03:00 PM
Thread Name: unusual versions of the foggy dew
Subject: RE: unusual versions of the foggy dew

Thanks, Nick.

I believe that Ives spent just two nights in jail, in Mona, Utah (population 338 in 1930) for "The Foggy Foggy Dew."

BTW, The earliest reference I have for the song's presence in the U.S. (no text, unfortunately) is from an Alabama newspaper in 1868.