The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1995   Message #3810200
Posted By: GUEST,Ruth
16-Sep-16 - 07:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Down in the Cane Break? / ...Canebrake
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Down in the Cane Break? / ...Canebrake
My father who was born in 1911used to sing this song to me in Cape Town, South Africa, when I was a little girl......I am now 77. I believe his grandmother was American.
It was such a thrill for me to look this up and find it was an old minstrel song.