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07 Nov 00 - 06:21 PM (#336242) Subject: Author Drinking Gourd?? From: David Coffin Can anyone tell me who wrote this song? We're hoping to perform this in the Christmas Revels in Cambridge. I see that it's listed here as Copyright Paul Campbell but who is Paul Campbell and did he actually write it? Any help is greatly appreciated. David Coffin (true identity) |
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07 Nov 00 - 06:26 PM (#336249) Subject: RE: Author Drinking Gourd?? From: Mike Regenstreif Paul Campbell is a pseudonym which the Weavers (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert & Fred Hellerman) used to copyright their arrangements of traditional material. Mike Regenstreif |
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07 Nov 00 - 07:21 PM (#336280) Subject: RE: Author Drinking Gourd?? From: Barry T Lesley Nelson's got the origin of the tune over here |
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07 Nov 00 - 09:21 PM (#336352) Subject: RE: Author Drinking Gourd?? From: David Coffin So is at safe to say that the song is trad.? |
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08 Nov 00 - 12:51 AM (#336502) Subject: RE: Author Drinking Gourd?? From: Barry T That's affirmative! |
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03 Feb 06 - 09:47 AM (#1661003) Subject: RE: Author Drinking Gourd?? From: GUEST i love that song it makes me feel like somebody |
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03 Feb 06 - 10:07 AM (#1661021) Subject: RE: Author Drinking Gourd?? From: Duke According to "Rise Up Singing", it is a traditional song that Seeger and Hays did the arrangement for. |