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Thread #144827 Message #3350179
Posted By: GUEST,Pat Blackman
12-May-12 - 09:32 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hiram Hubbard - Murder Ballad
Subject: RE: Hiram Hubbard - Murder Ballad
That's what it seemed to me, all likely derivative of the Ritchie version except for the Tammerlin lyrics which clearly have more detail... The question then is whether the Ritchie family's version is older or the one that Laws cites (by citing Combs)is older. I think the latter, which I discuss in the post, but it's circumstantial. Also not sure where the Hickerson version that is in the DT here falls in the mix. Hoping to find it soon on an album or in a collection with some liner notes, or that someone here can add information from such...