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Thread #125951 Message #2794560
Posted By: Art Thieme
22-Dec-09 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: Taking on the Big Boys? - classic big long ballads
Subject: RE: Taking on the Big Boys? - classic big long ballads
MtheGm, Joan got her version from Bob Gibson--both tune and words.
The version of Fair Ellender I did was one I was told came from southern Illinois in the USA. It was titled "Lord Thomas and Sarah Brown" --- after the head of his bride was cut off and kicked against the wall, the next verse states:
The teeth did click and the tongue did cluck, On the ground where it did fall, The teeth did click and the tongue did cluck, Still grumbling at him with all.