Bob and Don,

I've just finished reading the whole of this thread, prompted by a short discussion we had at Stewart's last Sunday night. Thank you so much.

Only contact I ever had with Walt was finding and checking out his American Northwest Ballads from the Multnomah County (Portland west) Library in about 1956. I have always rememebered the songs and the way he sang them. I'll get the update from Smithsonian soon.

Reading the thread has given me the feeling that I spent much of my life just down the block or around the corner from the events described.

" I have never cut throats, even when I yearned to.
Never sang a dirty song that my fancy tuned to..."

I had forgotten where I first encountered some of the songs unitl I came across this thread. Again, thanks.