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Thread #15675   Message #141822
Posted By: Stewie
28-Nov-99 - 05:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Wish I'd stayed in the wagon yard
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wish I'd stayed in the wagon yard
Document recently reissued Lowe Stokes' 1929 recording of 'Wish I had stayed in the wagon yard' (the first ever) on 'Lowe Stokes Vol 1' Document DOCD 8045. Earl Johnson's 1930 recording also has been reissued by Document. Tony Russell describes it as 'an exquisite parable of an unfortunate countryman's experiences in the big city that might have been plucked from an 18th century broadside'.