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   docdwarf@panix.com to dh6@soas.ac.uk   
   Re: still looking for the authors of the   
   20 Mar 20 15:47:57   
   
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   In article ,   
     wrote:   
   >On Tuesday, September 15, 1992 at 6:18:54 AM UTC+1, David West wrote:   
   >> I heard   
   >> the New Lost City Ramblers mention ... apochryphal songs   
   >> they thought they might sing, such as "I'm lonesome in the saddle since my   
   >> hoss died" and "You left footprints on my stomach when you walked out of   
   >> my heart".   
   >   
   >I composed "Footprints on my stomach" around 1963, and sang it at the   
   >1971 Philadelphia Folk Festival with Michael Cooney, with Dave Bromberg   
   >on slide guitar. Taught it to Jean Redpath, who sang it in Carnegie Hall   
   >around 1978.  See youtu.be/ExGpQVPzpYA   
      
   It is glorious to see that, at times, there's still a pterodactyl   
   delighting in wheeling through the sun-lit heavens.  Keep singing!   
      
   DD   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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