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Thread #174476 Message #4230625
Posted By: GUEST,20osullivand
24-Oct-25 - 07:31 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Woody Guthrie's Greenback Dollar
Subject: Origins: Does anyone know this Woody Guthrie tune
Hello hello, this is my first time posting to this forum so greetings!
I want to know if anybody can identify this Woody Guthrie tune for me, I heard it from the 1946 film "To Hear Your Banjo Play"
the lyrics go: verse: I was born in south carolina down to georgia I did go there I met a fair young maiden and her name I never did know Chorus: I don't want your greenback dollar I don't want your sugar cane all I want is your love darling wont you take me back again
Pete's "I dont want your Millions" is pulling from it I gather, but if anybody knows this songs' name and origin that would be great thanks.