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Thread #59040 Message #938127
Posted By: Stewie
22-Apr-03 - 08:08 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Diamond Joe -- source of tune?
Subject: RE: 'Diamond Joe' -- source of tune?
Q,
Meade et alia give an earlier date for 'State of Arkansas': Wehman's Collection of Folksongs (NYC Henry J. Wehman 1884-94) #32 (April 1891), p 22. [Meade et alia 'Country Music Sources' p 52].
The earliest recording was by Kelly Harrell & The Virginia Stringband under the title 'My Name Is John Johanna' 23 March 1927 in Camden, NJ.
--Stewie.