The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86220   Message #1601968
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
10-Nov-05 - 11:06 PM
Thread Name: Origins/Authenticity:Lonely Willow Tree (Child #4)
Subject: RE: Origins/Authenticity:Lonely Willow Tree (Child #4)
Agreed.

Most of the "cruel youth" texts found on the web appear to derive from Jerry Silberman's The Liberated Woman's Songbook (1971), but that liberation doesn't seem to have extended to the elementary courtesy of crediting sources if those sites which quote lyrics are anything to go by.