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On 4/4/2018 5:42 PM, David Katznelson wrote: > This is my first e-mail to this list. Hello everyone! > > I am helping to run a class musicology project for the 8th graders at Marin > Country Day School. > The kids are using recordings from the Great Depression to understand the > time period. > One of them has a version of GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD. It is a song > that has been used often by many different musicians over the years. I was > wondering if anyone had any knowledge about where the song originally came > from (and writer). On line, we can get as far back as 1917.... According to the Traditional Nallad Index, The earliest known recording was by Henry Whitter; he recorded it in 1923 for OKeh, though it was issued in 1924. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0RUcnbpqI On the Whitter record, authorship credit was given to "Austin-Mills". What is your 1917 source? The Ballad Index entry is here: http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LxU072.html Peace, Paul Stamler > Here is the version we are working with: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnfhpiQDQzM > > Thanks! > > David Katznelson > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus