The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73535   Message #1276119
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Sep-04 - 12:56 AM
Thread Name: Help: Springfield Mountain
Subject: RE: Origins: HELP if you can.....PLEASE
Dave, I was going to ask you what's the name of the Woody Guthrie track, but I got smart and looked it up on Amazon and see he called it "Springfield Mountain."
It's not only Woody that sang this song in that unusual way, with nonsense syllables splitting words. Is there a story behind this practice, and is this done in other songs?
-Joe Offer-