Mudcat Café message #3359808

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Thread #129897 Message #3359808
Posted By: Bill D
05-Jun-12 - 10:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Poor Old Woman/Housewife's Lament
Subject: RE: Origins: Poor Old Woman/Housewife's Lament

After 45 or so years, I still have seen no other source claimed for the song beyond someone saying 'it was found in a woman's diary from the Civil War era'.