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re: Old Timey -- a thread for pre-rock country, folk, and blues

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Posted on 2/13/13 at 3:39 pm to
Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band - "Charles Giteau" (1927)

Another classic from the Harry Smith Anthology, a version of an old folk song about the man who assassinated President James Garfield in 1881


Kelly Harell:




Essay on the ballad -- Features links to various versions


The assassination of President Garfield:




Charles Guiteau:

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