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Thread #61565   Message #991274
Posted By: GUEST,Q
26-Jul-03 - 09:23 PM
Thread Name: Hunters Of Kentucky: Benjamin Botkin anecdote
Subject: RE: Hunters Of Kentucky: Benjamin Botkin anecdote
The song "Ally Croker" appears in the DT as "Alley Croaker (Alicia Crocker)" with a long note about the history of the song by Bruce Olson.

The Bodleian Library has a broadside, " Ally Croker, 1820-1824, Harding B 28(60), which is essentially identical with the text in the DT.