When First Unto This Country
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- Written by
- Unknown author(s)
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Song first collected by John and Alan Lomax in Texas in 1934 in a field recording of Foy and Maggie Grant. It has many floating verses but shares a lot in common with the traditional song Pretty Saro about coming to a new country and unrequited love. "When I Came Unto This Country" however takes the storyline further about stealing a horse to go see his "Nancy" and being hunted down by the law and thrown in jail and beaten.
NOTE - There is a similarly titled folk song When I First Came to This Land that is unrelated - Licensing
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