Crepe On the Little Cabin Door

DESCRIPTION: The singer left his home, breaking his mother's heart. He wastes time "on women, wine and song." He gets a letter from his mother asking that he come home to see her. When he finally returns home he finds crepe on the door. His mother is dead.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (recording, Vernon Dalhart)
KEYWORDS: age sex warning home parting return separation death music wine mother rake
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #30115
RECORDINGS:
Vernon Dalhart, "The Crepe on the Little Cabin Door" (Columbia 15107, 1927)
Cyril O'Brien, "Take Warning" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
Doc & Chickie Williams, "Crepe On the Little Cabin Door" (Doxx DWLP-2001, 1974)
Marc Williams, "The Cowboy Crooner", "Crepe on the Little Cabin Door" (Decca 25636,1929) 1929)
NOTES [11 words]: The description follows the Doc & Chickie Williams recording. - BS
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