Good folks,

First---Merry Christmas!

The version I did on my LP was one that was sung for me in 1968 by a barber named George (don't know or don't recall his last name) in Depoe Bay(correct spelling), Oregon. His lyric didn't have the verse(s) about the bedbugs. It's great to have those---Thanks Mr. Allan S.

A good version of the song was done by Ed McCurdy (Canadian--late '50s) with banjo backup by Eric Darling (the man who first replaced Pete Seeger in the Weavers). McCurdy's LP was on Elektra---BLOOD BOOZE AND BONES---and I think it was his best album out of the over 50 albums he made. I learned more today than you did! There's a song that says: "Love is something when you give it away you wind up having more!" Goes for songs too here at Mudcat.

(Everyone--check out that new THANKS TO MUDCAT thread that Dick started. I DO wish I knew all of you personally!)

Art