I WISH I WAS IN BOWLING GREEN

Created on 07/11/2005
Latest update on 20/02/2024

Artist: Cousin Emmy
Author: traditional
Label: Decca
Year: 1947

Real name: Cynthia May Carver. Own lyrics. The melody was lifted from an old fiddle & fife tune.

Covers:

1956:

Ray Boguslav [as Bowling Green]

1956:

Kossoy Sisters [idem]

1958:

Weavers [as Good Old Bowling Green]

1962:

Pete Seeger

1963:

Brothers Four

1968:

New Lost City Ramblers [with Cousin Emmy]

1986:

Laurie Lewis [as Bowling Green]

Not to be confused with the Bowling Green written by Terry Slater/Jackie Ertel cut by The Everly Brothers ('67), Glen Campbell ('67), The Gordon Brothers ('68), Jesse Winchester ('77), Sarah Brightman ('98) and Neko Case ('98).

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