Mudcat Café message #468597

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Thread #34638 Message #468597
Posted By: Scabby Douglas
23-May-01 - 09:33 AM
Thread Name: Man Of Constant Sorrow - who wrote it?
Subject: RE: Man Of Constant Sorrow

I have an old SINg OUt! magazine which attributes that version to (Ralph?) Stanley. The version it prints is very very close to the one used in "O Brother...".
It doesn't say that he wrote it however.
SD