Excellent essay....and the part about his pseudonyms, perhaps half a dozen, AND the record companies usesd a lot more, helps explain the length of the list I found. I couldn't imagine one guy inventing all of those, but when you consider how the record companies worked......

I'm sorry MultiMary.....I know this wasn't what you wanted, but it's turned into one helluva' Vernon Dalhart thread! The thing it does bring home though is that Dalhart may have indeed recorded several versions and it's obviously VERY possible that the 78 you heard is him under a pseudonym. I don't know how you can ever track something like that down though.

Spaw