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Old 03-23-2012, 07:17 AM   #6228
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
Fascinating. I found this page on the song that has some of the various lyrics over the years. However, it seems to be that the link to Emily D. West was invented in the 1960s.
Nice find! I love music history and was interested in the line; Edwin P. Christy in Philadelphia in 1853. Christy was the founder of the blackface minstrel group known as the Christy's Minstrels. I remember when the folk group, 'The New Christy Minstrels' formed back in '61, and had their hit single "Green Green." Such 'up' music!

As for music legends and stories... they go on and on. Perhaps the most famous of all is of the song, 'Darcy Farow.' This song is credited as being the 'perfect traditional American folk song,' having all the attributes required; young man, young woman, true love, courtship, heartbreak, and mentioning several geographic locations... It's still touted today as the perfect original folk song....but...

It was written Steve Gillette and Tom Campbell in 1962. So much for 'old' traditional American folk songs...


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