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Thread #98413 Message #1949346
Posted By: Richie
26-Jan-07 - 11:38 PM
Thread Name: Origin: White House Blues (from Delia?)
Subject: RE: Origin & Lyr: White House Blues
In LITTLE DELIA by Blind Willie McTell above(see original in DT Version- Delia 5) I added the chorus: "Well, that's one more rounder gone." as found in the first verse to all the verses.
In his 'American Folk Poetry', Duncan Emrich includes a very long version under the title 'Delia Holmes' from the singing of Will Winn of Columbia, South Carolina. He also gives a reference to an article in the December 1937 edition of Southern Folklore Quarterly: Chapman J. Milling 'Delia Holmes - A Neglected Negro Ballad'.