So did Odetta, Art, and so have some others, I'm sure. I doubt the authenticity of some of the verses posted above, however. Some of them strike me as drawn from other songs and inserted into "Cane on the Brazos" as extenders. We all know that the Lomax published collections are full of such examples. I don't mean to imply that these are criminal actions, just not much good to those scholars who are trying to research various elements of our traditions. If the contrived texts make a good song, okay, sing 'em! But don't mislead people who want to know their origins. Read D. K. Wilgus' Anglo-American Folksong Scholarship Since 1898.

Sandy