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GUEST,Mike Yates	Origins: Bramble Briar/Bruton Town/MerchantDaughtr (147* d)	RE: Origins: Bramble Briar/Bruton Town/Merch. Daught.	24 Apr 16
Richie, you seem to imply that Lisha Shelton's version - "In Zepo Town" - is in Sharp's Appalachian collection. It was actually recordede by John Cohen from Lisha Shelton and the recording can be heard on the CD/DVD set ""Dark Holler" (Smithsonian/Folkways SFW CD 40159. I have always thought that "Zepo" was a corruption of "Seaport" (an alternate title), which probably arose in oral transmission. As to how the ballad arrived in Appalachia - some early settlers took it there, along with all those other songs and ballads.

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