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Thread #155631 Message #3665765
Posted By: PHJim
03-Oct-14 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: fifties popsongs that started as folk
Subject: RE: fifties popsongs that started as folk
The song was collected in 1933 from a convict named James "Ironhead" Baker by John and Alan Lomax. This apparently is the first recorded version of Black Betty.