still looking for the authors of these songs

[d***@soas.ac.uk]

I heard
the New Lost City Ramblers mention ... apochryphal songs
they thought they might sing, such as "I'm lonesome in the saddle since my
hoss died" and "You left footprints on my stomach when you walked out of
my heart".

I composed "Footprints on my stomach" around 1963, and sang it at the 1971 Philadelphia Folk Festival with Michael Cooney, with Dave Bromberg on slide guitar. Taught it to Jean Redpath, who sang it in Carnegie Hall around 1978. See

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I heard
the New Lost City Ramblers mention ... apochryphal songs
they thought they might sing, such as "I'm lonesome in the saddle since my
hoss died" and "You left footprints on my stomach when you walked out of
my heart".

I composed "Footprints on my stomach" around 1963, and sang it at the
1971 Philadelphia Folk Festival with Michael Cooney, with Dave Bromberg
on slide guitar. Taught it to Jean Redpath, who sang it in Carnegie Hall
around 1978. See http://youtu.be/ExGpQVPzpYA

It is glorious to see that, at times, there's still a pterodactyl
delighting in wheeling through the sun-lit heavens. Keep singing!

DD