Sun, 15 Jan 95 12:14:15 EST
From: David Romas <FROMAS@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU>Subject:      Re: Treasure Trove
To: Ed Cray <cray@bcf.usc.edu>In-Reply-To:  Your message of Wed, 11 Jan 1995 21:15:14 -0800 (PST)
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On Wed, 11 Jan 1995 21:15:14 -0800 (PST) you said:
>I hope I do not ask too much, but I wonder if you could note the tunes of
>some of the songs?  When you say a tune is "significantly different than
>that in Muse," I am curious about it.  Unidentified tunes, like "The
>Fireman Song," are also of interest.
>I have never had a good tune to "Shithouse Blues," though I know it was a
>"race" record of the 1930s.  Can you provide a tune?  Ditto "Scotsman's
>Kilt," "Doo-wah-diddlie" (new to me) and "If I had a Penis" (ditto).
>Your "Wild West Show" is very important, descended from a 19th Century
>song about "Van Amburgh's Show," an English circus.  The first scholar to
>note it insists it is a recitation.  We know better.  Can you send me a
>tune?  (Very exciting contribution, that is.)
     We'll work on these points.  Maybe we can sketch out a few bars of
music and/or send along an audio tape.
>I am grateful.  And while I will credit the Chippewas (what town is
>Central Michigan located in?) I think you two deserve the real credit.
     CMU is in Mt. Pleasant which is right smack in the center of lower
Michigan, "the middle of the mitten" as we say.

     Mike asked me to send you the following note.

     While doing some research in the Wayne State U. folklore archive I
found some narratives similar to what we call "Big Ass Lil".  Have you
come across anything which is similar to our "Tight Twat Tina"?  - Mike

Best,

David