I recorded it on "New Harmony" (Folk-Legacy C-100). Ed may sing it, Jeri, but he hasn't recorded it. Wally Macnow and Ken Shatz both sing it, but IMHO they take it too fast, but they haven't recorded it either (yet). We learned it from Dillon Bustin, who wrote it, one week at Pinewoods during which he let us tape a pile of his fine river songs. A real gift for an oldtime river rat like me.

Ain't much left of Cairo these days. Dragged Caroline down there a few years ago. You'd think a spot at the junction of two of the major river highways of America would have remained a significant town site, but after it served as Grant's headquarters during the western river phase of the Civil War, the place just seems to have faded into oblivion. Empty buildings, empty streets, nothing left but memories.

Sandy