Mudcat Café message #1486027

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Thread #81179 Message #1486027
Posted By: GUEST,Allen
16-May-05 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: African American Secular Folk Songs
Subject: RE: African American Secular Folk Songs

What do people make of Bert Lloyd's theory on the origins of St James Infirmary?

BTW, I really liked that Sterling Brown essay you linked to.