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Thread #148377   Message #3445176
Posted By: GUEST
30-Nov-12 - 11:19 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Jonah in the Wilderness (Henry Thomas)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Thomas' Jonah in the wilderness
Thanks Mick! and thanks for the link too

I do know that some of the labels on early records were mislabeled, like the Red Headed Fiddlers in 1929. They recorded "Fire on the Mountain" but it was labeled "Far in the mountain." It's also possible that some record boss thought it made more sense to call it Jonah due to context or just misheard it.

I thought that I heard "Hundred" too

"wooden ark built" might be "would't got built"
sounds like the line starts with "Bad if" or "Bad as"
I didn't mean to leave out "got" in that line
should read "Fast's they got that there wooden ark built"