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Thread #82623   Message #1514530
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
03-Jul-05 - 01:59 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Tigery Orum
Subject: RE: Origins: Tigery Orum
Very much like the Steeleye Span version of Marrowbones, also at Zierke's site.
There doesn't seem to be any history of that title prior to the A. L. Lloyd song; I would guess that it is his.

I have searched under several titles, but I haven't turned up anything at the Bodleian, although it must be older than the first mention in print (1874); however, that may not be the same song. I don't feel like searching "Life on the Mississippi" - anyone read it recently? (There is a 'searchable' version but it is riddled with pop-ups)