Mudcat Café message #1683102

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Thread #89280 Message #1683102
Posted By: Abby Sale
02-Mar-06 - 07:58 AM
Thread Name: Happy! – Mar 2 (Arthel Watson / Houston)
Subject: Happy! – Mar 2 (Arthel Watson / Houston)

Happy Birthday!

In Deep Gap, North Carolina:

Doc (Arthel) Watson

was born 3-02-1923

Received the National Medal of Arts, 1997.
[thanx Doug Henkle]

ALSO:
Sam Houston

was born 3/2/1793
(d.7/26/1863)


          There was an 'eifer lived in the medder,
                  Houston, Sam Houston
          There was an 'eifer lived in the medder,
                  A long time ago.
  
          "Sam Houston," [thanx Cyril Tawney]. Or "The little brown bull,"  "The
          Little Black Bull," "Hoosen Johnny," (One of the few bawdy songs in
          the Folk Singers Wordbook) some versions of "A Long Time Ago."