WEll, an obvious point is also that Peggy's brother Pete used to sing Leadbelly songs and he's not exactly a black member of a chain gang, is he? But I am not after the rights and wrongs of the argument, just the facts. Who was the guy?
   On a different tack,Irishenglish expresses surprise that anyone would still be singing Rock Island Line in 1960. Well, I can inform him that there are plenty of people still singing Rock Island Line in pubs in 2008, and long may they continue to do so!