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To: yarddog

The song is from 1903, but this recording is from 1927. Bessie Smith was Janis Joplin's heroine.

32 posted on 04/17/2014 6:09:22 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)

To: Publius

The girl who sang it in the Turner movie about the Rough Riders did an excellent job on it.

51 posted on 04/17/2014 6:15:35 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)

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