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Thread #25713 Message #4004899
Posted By: GUEST,Brian Peters
17-Aug-19 - 06:41 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Maid Freed From the Gallows [Child #95]
Subject: RE: Origins: Maid Freed From the Gallows [Child #95]
Tim, Frank Proffitt did have form when it came to rewriting old ballads.
Interesting that Child 95 seems to have been particularly popular in African-American communities.