The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51174   Message #778325
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
06-Sep-02 - 06:39 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Short'nin' Bread
Subject: RE: Help: Shortnin' Bread
Trad. Ballad index lists Ora Dell Graham 1940 AFS on LC Treas. Probably others earlier.
First recorded instance of the song, 1912, East Tennessee mountain whites; first Negro records, 1915.