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Thread #100791   Message #2025638
Posted By: John on the Sunset Coast
14-Apr-07 - 10:47 PM
Thread Name: From the shoals to the plains
Subject: From the shoals to the plains
I heard a ditty sung by R. W. Hampton, today, entitled "North to Kansas." The tune is 'The Shoals of Herring;" the lyrics relate a cattle drive to Kansas. "North" uses the form of the fishing song, and shares much of the lyrics. The folk process in action.