Can't get away from this one... I should have re-read the above notes. Slim says he learned it from Sam Hinton. That doesn't surprise me at all, and confirms that he learned it after he moved to California. Sam could tell us where he learned it, but I'd wager it was from Randolph. If I'm correct, you can also bet he got the words right. Sam is one of the most widely-read and knowledgeable folk singers I've ever known. How he had time to soak up so much from the literature of folklore and folksong, while remaining equally well-informed in his own scientific field of marine biology is beyond me. I think he had total recall! More than that: he is the only person I've ever known who could whistle one part of a round while humming a second part. Pure genius!

Sandy (at home, briefly)