Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. I assume because there have be no recent posts about Ida Red that others do not have versions of Ida Red or more info about its origin. I consider "Weevily Wheat" and "Granny" to be separate tunes. Remember there are hundreds of fiddle tunes that sometimes share verses.

I'd like to post some conclusions for debate:

No evidence is available to back-up the assertion that Ida Red, although included in "Civil War Guitar" (Legend records GLC-6031), was a Civil War song.

We can safely say that the Wills version can be traced to "The Parlor Is A Pleasant Place" in 1886. "Ida Red" is related to "Over the Road" and "Feather Bed" and more remotely to "Down the Road".

There's not much evidence to support the Lomax theory that Ida Red was an African-American bad man. Our posts have all had Ida as a female.

If anyone has more info or would like to comment please do. I'd like to keep our posts to Ida Red on this thread and not branch out into other tunes unless they are directly related. It's hard for others to find Weevily Wheat under the Ida Red thread. We can always start another thread.

Thanks again,

-Richie