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Mole in the Ground 82nd in 1924

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aka "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground". Traditional American folk song, which was most famously recorded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in March 1924 in Atlanta, GA. Harry Smith included "Mole" on his Anthology of American Folk Music released by Folkways Records in 1952. The notes for Smith's Anthology state that Lunsford learnt this song from Fred Moody, a North Carolina neighbour in 1901.

Variants can be named "I Wish I Was a Lizard in the Spring" or "Tempie Let Your Bangs Hang Down"
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1924 First recording on March 15, 1924
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I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Garth Anderson 2017 Unverified
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