The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #91795 Message #4145695
Posted By: Lighter
27-Jun-22 - 09:03 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Katie Morey
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Katie Morey (from Doc Watson)
Peggy Seeger sings the whole song here (on a classic album!):
https://ewanmaccoll.bandcamp.com/track/katie-morey-american
Watson's lyrics are printed here:
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Doc-Watson/Katie-Morey
Nicely done by Roger McGuinn:
https://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=7073
A version collected in Pennsylvania in 1857:
http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/katie-maury--hatfield-pa-1857-shoemaker.aspx