The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1397 Message #3788940
Posted By: GUEST,lem sheppard
06-May-16 - 05:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Gum Tree Canoe (Steele/Winnemore)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Gum Tree Canoe (Steele/Winnemore)
I learned the song as Gum Tree Canoe from Eva Jessye in about 1979 she was around 86 years old at that time and told me she learned it from her father who was from Tennessee.