Some of you may be interested to know that their version of "Arthur McBride" came from Carrie Grover's wonderful collection of family and regional songs. Brady found the song while looking through Linda Morley's copy of the book. Carrie Grover was from western Maine, and the original book made from her songs was published by the Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. Caroline and I were given copies of the book when we sang there many years ago. They had just been lying on a shelf in a stock room. We arranged for Ken Goldstein and the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress to get copies, and Kenny then managed to republish the collection. It's full of great songs!
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