Hi,

The following versions are at the LOC that I don't have. If anyone has access to any of them let me know:

1) The bramble briar
sound recording | Sung and played by Mrs. Dora Ward. (Statement Of Responsibility). Cf. Cox, No. 88. Elizabeth Lomax In seaport town lived a rich merchant (First Line). Sound Recording (Form).
    Contributor: Ward, Dora - Lomax, Alan - Lyttleton, Elizabeth
    Original Format: Audio Recordings
    Date: 1938-04-10

2) The bramble briar
sound recording | Sung by Samuel P. Harmon. (Statement Of Responsibility). Cf. Henry, p. 161. Fragment. Sound Recording (Form).
    Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Harmon, Samuel P.
    Original Format: Audio Recordings
    Date: 1939-04-26

3) In seaport town (The bramble briar)
sound recording | Sung by Mrs. Lena Bare Turbyfill. (Statement Of Responsibility). Restricted. Sound Recording (Form).
    Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Turbyfill, Lena Bare
    Original Format: Audio Recordings
    Date: 1939-04-00

4) The rich merchant (The bramble briar)
sound recording | Sung by Joe Hubbard. (Statement Of Responsibility). Sound Recording (Form).
    Contributor: Halpert, Herbert - Hubbard, Joe
    Original Format: Audio Recordings
    Date: 1939-04-00

5) The lonesome valley
sound recording | Sung by Gant family. (Statement Of Responsibility). Sound Recording (Form).
    Contributor: Lomax, John Avery - Lomax, Alan - Gant Family
    Original Format: Audio Recordings
    Date: 1934-11-00

6) In Seaport Town
sound recording | Sung by Mrs. Maud Gentry Long of Hot Springs, North Carolina. (Statement Of Responsibility). Library of Congress. Recording Laboratory (Venue). Sound Recording (Form).
    Contributor: Library of Congress. Recording Laboratory - Long, Maud
    Original Format: Audio Recordings
    Date: 1947-00-00

We know Sam Harmon's version (above) because it is the same as his wife's (Henry collected it) which came from Council Harmon, his grandfather.

We know Maud Gentry Long's version (above) came from her mother Jane Hicks Gentry- only Sharp included only one stanza of Jane's text with the tune. Smith lists it but I can't access on google books- anyone?

Richie