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- From: garry@ithaca.com (Garry Wiegand)
- Subject: Re: REQUEST: Golden Manitee lyrics
- Message-ID: <BzzrAt.3HK@ithaca.com>
- Organization: Ithaca Software
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:47:16 GMT
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- In a recent article rsignell@crusty.er.usgs.gov (Richard P. Signell) wrote:
- >Does anyone out there have the lyrics to The Golden Manitee?
-
- I'm not positive we're speaking of the same song, but "The Golden
- Vanity" can be found in the Child Ballads (don't recall the proper
- title), which should be in any good university library. "The
- Weep-Willow Tree" (very similar) can be found in John Jacob Niles'
- book of American ballads, which is easier to find: it should be in
- the library and also can often be found for sale new or used.
-
- Like any respectable old ballad, it's pretty long and there are many
- many different versions.
-
- Garry Wiegand --- garry@ithaca.com --- Ithaca Software, Alameda, California
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