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Thread #80341 Message #1463827
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
17-Apr-05 - 06:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: William Cook
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: William Cook
Well, yes; do you know any of the words at all? What information do you have?
There's a William Cook in Randolph, Ozark Folk Songs vol 4 40-41, starting "Hark hark my young friends it's a melancholy call", with tune. The Roud Folk Song Index lists this at number 3128, along with a text in Parler, Arkansas Ballad Book p.55 and an audio file at the Library of Congress. The last can be heard at Voices from the Dustbowl: