Ballad of Talmadge, The

DESCRIPTION: "It's sunny again in Georgia, No finer breathing place, Since the undertaker Threw dirt in Talmadge face." He cussed heavily, "Now he can't cuss no more." He had mistreated the Colored; they rejoice at his death and say, "Devil he take Talmadge."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Greenway)
KEYWORDS: death Black(s) political
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1884-1946 - Life of Eugene Talmadge, several-time governor of Georgia
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Greenway-AmericanFolksongsOfProtest, p. 120, "The Ballad of Talmadge" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 318-319, "The Ballad of Talmadge" (1 text)
Roud #22285
NOTES [57 words]: There is at least one biography of Eugene Talmadge: William Anderson, The Wild Man from Sugar Creek: The Political Career of Eugene Talmadge, Lousiana State Press, 1976. There is also Calvin McLeod Logue, Eugene Talmadge, Rhetoric and Response, Greenwood Press, 1989, but this is not a biography but a study of Talmadge's speeches.. - RBW
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