Who Was Grand-daddy Grimes?

Subject: Who Was Grand-daddy Grimes?
From: GUEST,Judy Cook
Date: 10 May 00 - 08:16 PM

Who was Grand-daddy Grimes referenced in the song "In Old Pod Auger Times"?

Thanks! Judy Cook

Subject: RE: Who Was Grand-daddy Grimes?
From: GUEST,Pete Peterson
Date: 11 May 00 - 09:22 AM

Sorry Judy, I don't know, I just assumed that it was the grandfather of the author. Did you learn the song from the Arm and Hammer String Band (as I did) or did you get it from Ms. Flanders' book?

Subject: RE: Who Was Grand-daddy Grimes?
From: Hotspur
Date: 11 May 00 - 10:08 AM

Wasn't he a minstrel?

Subject: RE: Who Was Grand-daddy Grimes?
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 11 May 00 - 05:00 PM

You've got me, Judy - and Caroline and I have been singing a version of the song for 38 years, and never thought to ask! Pretty sloppy of us, eh? Folklorists? Hummmph!

See you on the weekend?

Sandy