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Thread #14713   Message #1167563
Posted By: GUEST,Edd H.
21-Apr-04 - 11:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords ADD: Lorena ^^^
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Chords for Lorena
I'm trying to find out the origins of the Carter Family's "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena." I know it was called "Way Down in Alabama" at some point before the Carters recorded it in 1930. The meter of "Lorena" is pretty close to that of "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena," but somewhere along the way it became a song about slavery...can anyone point in the direction of material that covers the transformation (if indeed "Lorena" is the origin of "Way Down" and "No More the Moon") of this into the song the Carter Family recorded?

Thanks!

Edd