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Thread #24587 Message #1239762
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Aug-04 - 05:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: New Prisoner's Song (Boggs, et al.)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Prisoner's Song
"Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart at the Record Lady, Archives p. 9. Record Lady
The Dalhart is the one everybody sings (or sang) around the fire or piano. To me, it is quite distinct from Boggs New Prisoner's Blues (Song) and the Helton (nice- glad to download it). I think, in scientific lingo, Gordon would be called a "lumper."