Stewie-

Thanks for the posts.

12-Stringer-

I think the info about "The Parlor Is A Pleasant Place" is significant and not mentioned anywhere else on the web or by Charles Wolfe and other historians. If you could dig up the lyrics it would be appreciated.

Here's what Wolfe says about Ida Red: Another such tune was Ida Red, the quintessential Texas two step that has become a required addition to any dance in Texas, Oklahoma, or southern California. Though associated with western swing king Bob Wills (who recorded his definitive version in 1938), it seems much older. Folksong collector John Lomax classified it as a song about "Negro Bad Men" and prints a version he collected in the Colorado River bottoms in Texas (see his book American Ballads and Folk Songs.) The song was featured in later years by Woody Guthrie's uncle, Jack Guthrie, a popular radio entertainer in the 40s, and leant its melody to rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry for his 1955 classic "Mabelline."

Anyone have the Lomax text referred to above?

-Richie