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Twenty-one Years
Roud Folksong Index (S254602)

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2248 [Search for 2248 in the current indexes]

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Laws E16

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Meade, Country Music Sources (2002) pp.33-34

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USA

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Written by Bob Miller (1930)

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X6909

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Twenty-one Years [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S505506)

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Laws E16

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) LE16

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Online index

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X10951

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http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LE16.html
Twenty-one Years
Roud Folksong Index (S163987)

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Laws E16

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Abrahams & Riddle, Singer and Her Songs (1970) p.184

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Riddle, Almeda

Place

USA : Arkansas : Heber Springs

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Abrahams, Roger D.

Date collected

1970c

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Printed : Book

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X6905

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Little Willie's My Darlin' <darling>
Roud Folksong Index (S262050)

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2248 [Search for 2248 in the current indexes]

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Laws E16

Source

Library of Congress recording 98 B2

Performer

Smith, George W.

Place

USA : N. Carolina : Raleigh

Collector

Lomax, John A. & Alan

Date collected

1934

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Sound recording

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X7721

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Twenty-one Years
Roud Folksong Index (S444693)

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Judge said stand up boy, and dry up your tears, The

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Laws E16

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Emrich, American Folk Poetry (1974) p.729

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[Student]

Place

USA : Colorado : Denver

Collector

Emrich, Duncan

Date collected

1941

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Printed : Book

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X10175

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Twenty-one Years
Roud Folksong Index (S321195)

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Judge says stand up boys, The

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Laws E16

Source

University of Iowa Press ('Folk Voices of Iowa')

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Wenman, Elvin 'Windy'

Place

USA : Iowa : Iowa City

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Oster, Harry

Date collected

1963-1965

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X7492

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Twenty-one Years
Roud Folksong Index (S411741)

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Oh the judge said stand up lad and dry up your tears

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Laws E16

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Clark LCS 112 ('LaRena Sings for Country Folk')

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Clark, LaRena

Place

Canada : Ontario

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Date collected

1981

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X5418

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To Huntsville
Roud Folksong Index (S192775)

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Jurymen found me guilty, the judge he did say, The

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2248 [Search for 2248 in the current indexes]

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Laws E16

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Thomas, Some Current Folk-Songs of the Negro (1912) (PTFLS 5 reprint) p.11

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USA : Texas

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Thomas, W.H.

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Printed : Book

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X6025

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Twenty-one Years
Roud Folksong Index (S163988)

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Judge said stand up boys and dry your tears, The

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2248 [Search for 2248 in the current indexes]

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Laws E16

Source

Morris, Folksongs of Florida (1950) pp.67-68

Performer

Fowler, Lavon

Place

USA : Florida

Collector

Morris, Alton C.

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Printed : Book

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Text; Music

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X6437

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Twenty-one Years
Roud Folksong Index (S485241)

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Judge says stand up, boy, The

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2248 [Search for 2248 in the current indexes]

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Laws E16

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Henry, Songs Sung in the Southern Appalachians (1933) pp.69-70

Performer

Gage, Dr. D.S.

Place

USA : Missouri : Fulton

Collector

Henry, Mellinger Edward

Date collected

1932

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Printed : Book

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X10949

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21 Years on Dartmoor
Roud Folksong Index (S322173)

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Twenty-one years boys they put me to jail

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2248 [Search for 2248 in the current indexes]

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Laws E16

Source

Vintage 005 / Veteran VTCD8 CD ('Many a Good Horseman')

Performer

Rice, 'Lubidy'

Place

England : Suffolk : Haughley

Collector

Howson, John

Date collected

1983

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