Willie Moore

General Information
Performer: Burnett And Rutherford

Instrumentation: Banjo-Richard Burnett, Violin-Leonard Rutherford

Date of recording: 1927

Record label: Columbia

Serial #:15314D (W145086)

Summary
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "ANNIE UNDER GRASSY MOUND AFTER PARENTS NIX MARRIAGE TO KING. DEATH PROBABLY SELF INFLICTED." (3)

Information On This Song
This ballad may have been about a man from Dallas, Texas named Reverend William Moore.

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * ''The Original Folkways Recordings of Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley
 * Man Of Constant Sorrow
 * Old-Time Mountain Ballads
 * Kentucky Mountain Music
 * Burnett & Rutherford (1926-1930)

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