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Thread #82345 Message #1508479
Posted By: Abby Sale
23-Jun-05 - 09:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
Subject: RE: Origins: How old is the song 'Cripple Creek'?
Yes, the Sharp versions of "Cripple Creek" are subtitled "Buck Creek Girls." (Song #241) He collected them 1917 but I see no relation at all, text or tune, to the usual version.
HOWEVER, song #247, "Gone to Cripple Creek" (1 version) was also collected 1917 and is the usual version. One verse only from Mrs Wilson, Pineville, Bell Co., KY. In the notes, he sites a text without tune in Journal of American Folk-Lore, xxviii. 180.