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Thread #16404   Message #1318113
Posted By: GUEST,Hootenanny
05-Nov-04 - 03:24 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My home's across the Blue Ridge Mountains
Subject: RE: Origins: My home's across the Blue Ridge Mtns
Without checking my Carter Family material I,m not sure.
There is a version by Frank Bode from Mount Airy which he sings as "I've Been Riding with Old Mosby" which makes me think it might have originated in the Civil War but of course it might pre-date that event.
A quite starightforward uncomplicated song but I always enjoy singing it.