The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44331   Message #1805870
Posted By: Cruiser
09-Aug-06 - 11:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Song Willis Mayberry
Subject: RE: Origins: Willis Mayberry/Hills of Roane County
Just a side note; My kinfolk used the wife's name as:

Ar-manda Gilburton instead of:
A-manda Galbreath

Probably just a hillbilly's mispronunciation after a slug of gramps' white lightnin'.

However, the trisyllabic "Gil...bur...ton" is more euphonic and follows the 3/4 meter's beat, so I am going to continue using that name in the song.

Cruiser