Hedy West does a real nice rendition of Mississippi Sawyer. Quoting the note in the album, " [MS] was probably well known on the South before it appeared in print for the first time in 1839 in a collection of fiddle tunes called "Virginia Reels" edited by George P. Knault of Farmville, Virginia. It had some currency in the Mid West, but became standard in Southern fiddle and string-band repetoire by the 1920's when it appeared often on disc. The tune apparently was composed in America, and it is never associated with a text."