Greetings!

I'm posting here to inform those who may be interested that I just published a post on my website that is a compilation of eight comments from this thread, a comment from Joel Bresler's website on "Follow The Drinking Gourd" as well as a video of Weaver's rendition of that song.

The title of the post reflects my position on the authenticity of that song: The Fakelore Of The "Follow The Drinking Gourd" Song.

Click http://cocojams.com/content/fakelore-follow-drinking-gourd-song to read that post.

My concern is that children, youth, and adults are being taught a feel-good story about this song. I believe that people deserve to know that a number of individuals who have studied "Follow The Drinking Gourd" have a great deal of skepticism about the authenticity of that song.

That post provides a small sample of the posts here (with no off-topic comments).That post includes comments from masato sakurai, Q, Lighter, Joel Bresler, and me.

I've added a hyperlink to this website and Joel Bresler's website and I've encouraged readers of that page to visit this page, Joel Bresler's site, and read or engage in other research on the topic of The "Follow The Drinking Gourd" song.

Thanks!