harpgirl, John M, and Alice: Thanks for the information. I already had the words to Spancil Hill but never tried to sing it. Sure enough, it fits the tune of the song I am looking for and is probably the source of the tune. Of course you notice that you have to squeeze in a note or two here and there to make the subsequent verses singable to the same tune as the first verse. But Alice is right. The song I am looking for may be written to the same tune but is not the same song at all. It is of a style that I call "Bar room songs". They were sung in bars to make the patrons maudlin and thus drink more. Songs of religion and mother were high on the list, also loss of true loves and the death of children. "Beautiful Beautiful Brown Eyes" and "On Top of old Smokie" are songs like this that every one knows. "My Mother Was a Lady" which is only partly in the data base (does anyone know the rest of it?) is one of these and check out "Pretty Babes in the Woods" for a real tear jerker. Also check out "Put My Little Shoes Away" in http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/index.html. What is wrong with me that I am drawn to such songs? Is it in my genes or in my cultural heritage (mother, two grandmothers and two grandfathers were "into" folk, old popular and religious music, my dad couldn't carry a tune in a basket)? I will try to get more words to the gospel song version of "Last Night as I Lay Dreaming" from my mother. Philip Hudson