Stwie---Howdy,

Al Dexter popularized "Pistol Packin' Mama" (and sold many of them) nbut it was Aunt Molly Jackson who was the writer of that song. I'm sure it has Dexter's name on it-----but we all know that happens sometimes. Check out the great Library of Congress recordings that Aunt Molly made. She tells the whole story on it----either that recording or the one she did for Sam Eskin that wound up on Folkways way back when. Aunt Molly Jackson was a great poet of the Appalachian miner's battle to unionize.

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