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Thread #122344   Message #2682738
Posted By: autoharper
18-Jul-09 - 07:46 AM
Thread Name: Which fly was Lincoln's 'Buzzing song'?
Subject: RE: Which fly was Lincoln's 'Buzzing song'?
Bob: What is your source of information that Abraham Lincoln played "Blue Tail Fly/Jim Crack Corn" on the harmonica? According to Hohner Harmonicas, they began selling harmonicas in the USA in around 1860. (There is a story that Lincoln told, about how he had a harmonica in his pocket at the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, though this is historically unlikely.)

-Adam Miller