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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Sons Of The Pioneers
Author: Dan Emmett
Label: Decca
Year: 1934
Radio transcription. In fact much older; published in Baltimore in 1846 as Blue Tail Fly. Sometimes credited to Dan Emmett, the same who wrote Dixie (see American Trilogy).
Covers:
Burl Ives [with the Andrews Sisters as Blue Tail Fly]
Lead Belly [idem]
Pete Seeger [as Blue Tail Fly]
Johnny & The Hurricanes [as Beatnik Fly]
Blue Tail Fly was collected among farmers by Alfred Williams (Folk Songs Of The Upper Thames), adopted by A.L. Lloyd.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)