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Gum Tree Canoe (1847?)

Posted by Marek on 11 November, 20145 June, 2016

S. S. Steele’s peculiar plantation fantasy of love & liberation:

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Several online sources date this song to 1847; I have yet to find a definitive archived date.

ALSO SEE: Tombigbee River

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Paige Wilkins says:

12 July, 2022 at 11:18 am

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