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Thread #9770   Message #4233420
Posted By: Lighter
23-Dec-25 - 07:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Little Ball of Yarn
Subject: RE: Origins: Little Ball of Yarn
The Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.) (June 9, 1914) [ref. to Nebraska, ca1880]:

"Mr. Corbin was one of the most congenial fellows out. I shall never forget that trip. He was singing to me a song that I shall remember to my dying day, 'And I wound up her little ball of yarn, ball of yarn, and I wound up her little ball of yarn.'"