Always was a sucker for ye olde Child Ballads, so this Smithsonian Folkways collection hit the spot just perfectly. To lift but a corner of the veil, here's the mighty E.C. Ball taking on Child Ballad 274. "I've traveled this wide world over, ten thousand miles or more, eyes and nose on a cabbage head I never saw before..."
The Blue Ridge Buddies with E.C. And Orna Ball - Three Nights Drunk
Hi Ramone,
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Not entirely sure, but probably 1957 or '58.
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