The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46271   Message #685728
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
08-Apr-02 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Run Samson Run (Lowell Lundstrom)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run Boy Run (Samson song)
A Negro song, apparently from the same stable as "Run, Nigger, Run" and Run, Sinner, Run." The origin of these songs goes back to the 1840s-1850s. The Traditional Ballad Index lists an alternate title as "Run, Boy, Run," But I haven't found words to it in the few references that I have. I haven't heard the "Run,..." tune used for Samson.