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Thread #42021   Message #608816
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
13-Dec-01 - 12:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: hand me down my walking cane
The version in the DT is strictly from camp- scout or whatever. A minstrel song, a spiritual and old doggerel are all mixed in- almost as bad as Alison's. I found one of the spirituals, but not the closest to the minstrel song:
MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN (American Songbag, Sandburg). The verse I like best is A short version of this spiritual has been posted recently under All My Sins Been Taken Away. It is not the same as "All-er My Sins..." mentioned above (listed separately in the Cleveland Index.
American Memory lists a number of Bland songs, but Hand Me Down... isn't one of them. cufresno says unknown.