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Thread #82345 Message #1508178
Posted By: Gern
23-Jun-05 - 02:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
Subject: RE: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
Ernest 'Pop' Stoneman, one of country music's first recording stars, claims that he wrote this song, in between siring 23 offspring. Pop didn't claim too many things that weren't true.