Alan Lomax himself recorded "Red River Shore" on his LP called "Texas Folk Songs." Interestingly, the Canadian Folk Music Bulletin printed a song some years ago called "Where the Ghost River Flows" that used the same melody. The collector had recorded that one in Calgary. Darned nice song, too. If started off as almost a parody of "Backward, Turn Backward, Oh Time, in Your Flight," a wonderfully sentimental Victorian piece that you can find in the old collection published as Heart Songs. If you ever run across a copy of that book, grab it! It's a gem.

Sandy