The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #173774 Message #4214607
Posted By: and e
02-Jan-25 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sam, Sam the Lavatory Man (aka Dan Dan)
Subject: RE: Origins: Sam, Sam the Lavatory Man (aka Dan Dan)
There is only one reference for this song -- an audio recording from the D.K. Wilgus sound collection at UCLA, Los Angeles. This is not in the ballad index.
As time allows, I will post the versions scraped from various mudcat posts, field collected versions, and manuscript examples going back to the 1920s.
The tune seems quite variable and there is some variation to the lyrics -- the British version is strange to me -- hence the request above for voicemails. Any contribution is appreciated.