According to Carl Sandburg, it was one of Abe Lincoln’s favorite songs. Nobody knows who wrote it, but its words got into print in 1848, in the Ethiopian Glee Book. About five years ago tubby ...
Burl Ives. side 1: Blue Tail Fly; side 2: Shoo Fly [track 1] Way Down Yonder in the Paw Paw Patch [track 2] (Decca 9-88140). 45 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1952. Side 2 was recorded in 1953.