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Thread #82345   Message #1508319
Posted By: GUEST,.gargoyle
23-Jun-05 - 05:35 PM
Thread Name: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
Subject: RE: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
The Frank C. Brown Collection of NORTH CAROLINA FOLKLORE Vol 5,"The Music of the Folk Song," Chapter VIII, "Folk Lyric" Duke University, #299, p212.

"Cripple Creek." Sung by Mrs. Arthur Moore, Lenoir, Caldwell county in 1922.

"Cripple Creek." Sung by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Turkey Creek, Buncombe county, in 1921.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Click to play (the way I sing it)

Click to play (Brown - Mrs. Moore, 1922, P. 214)

Click to play Brown, Lunsford, 1921, P. 214)