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Thread #82345 Message #1508155
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
23-Jun-05 - 01:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
Subject: RE: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
The Bluegrass Messengers have a rather extensive listing of recordings of "Shooting Creek"- "Cripple Creek" etc. at their website. Cripple Creek
Also several lyrics.
Bob Cotman's 'take' is probably as close as we can get to the answer. No 19th c. evidence yet.
The variant title "Cripple Creek" probably comes from Cripple Creek, Virginia. Much coal was mined in Wythe Co.