Crawdad Song
First recording and first release by Honeyboy and Sassafras (October 1929 / August 1930)
- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Folksong originating in the southern United States and first published in a collection of songs in 1917 by Cecil Sharp. This song is apparently a variation of an older traditional work, "Sweet Thing", which is of African-American origins. "Crawdad Song" is collected as number 4853 in the Roud Folksong Index. The tune to "Crawdad Song" is used for several other folksongs.
This song was performed at southern "play parties", where dancing was generally not allowed for religious reasons. - Licensing
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