Thanks everyone -- DT does it again! My search on the title as spelled turned up no texts at all.

Clearly nobody knew what it was supposed to be. Decca must have used "St. Regious," "St. Regius" and "St. Regis" indifferently, depending on the printed labels' local factory of origin or something.

Interestingly the Carters sing "quay" like it looks, instead of "key." The word was strange to them. Could this be an indication that the song is not original with A.P. Carter, but has a deeper history?

Tentatively it would seem that this is one of those "Indian girl" (native American woman) songs like "Red Wing" and "Snow Deer" ... and that too might indicate earlier origin in the decade (roughly 1905-15) when such songs were a fad.

Certainly the Carters personally had no connection and probably no knowledge of upstate New York or the Native American reservations thereof. (Barring an unrecorded Adirondacks vacation...) I'm betting the song is older, though it may be a pop product without any backstory.

Does it occur anywhere else besides the Carters' recording or a later version learned from them?

Bob