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Charlie Baum	Origins: Bramble Briar/Bruton Town/MerchantDaughtr (147* d)	RE: Origins: Bramble Briar/Bruton Town/Merch. Daught.	25 Apr 16
I usually sing a version from Howie Mitchell (on Folk-Legacy Records) that is essentially the same as the version from Mrs. George Armstrong, of Mountain View, Arkansas, reproduced in Mudcat: http://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=9783 What always impresses me about this song is that from the bulk of balladry, we learn that kissing a corpse's lips is a bad idea--most times, the kisser is dead within a verse or two. But in this ballad, the kiss is somehow not fatal, quite the exception to the rule. --Charlie Baum

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