Joe, I think we've gone over this in another thread but far be it from me to not repeat myself---often and long.

I was told by 89 year old WES ASBURY in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin (former police chief of Whitewater) that he knew "Lost On The Lady Elgin" in his youth but could not recall the tune. I was playing in "Fort" just about every month or so; when I next did that I brought him the version recorded by Rev. Jim Howie and played it on a little cassette machine. Wes listened a few times and said, "That's it, but it weren't no waltz."

Later, I tried playing the same tune in different tempos for Wes and he yelled, "That's it!" In 2/4 time it was the same tune as "BOIL THEM CABBAGE DOWN". It was pretty cool.

Wes Asbury is the same man who sang 2 verses from the Child ballad "ROBIN HOOD'S DEATH" for me. I was pretty amazed to find those 2 verses in central Wisconsin. I fleshed it out from printed sources and used the tune Frank Hamilton had used on "GEORDIE" on his solo Folkways album (a great tune). It's on my recent CD.

Frank, was that a trad tune? Sure was a beaut.

Art Thieme