Smiles That Are Best of All

DESCRIPTION: "There are smiles in Pennsylvania/Kentucky/X, There are smiles in Idaho... There are smiles all over this great nation... But the smiles you get while in (some preferred place) Are the smiles that are best of all
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Harbin-Parodology, #89, p. 26, "There Are Smiles" (1 text, tune referenced
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 253, "Smiles That Are Best of All" (1 text, tune referenced)
NOTES [30 words]: The Harbin and Pankake versions of this are so distinct that I concluded there must be oral transmission involved even though I can't demonstrate a version collected in the field. - RBW
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File: Paro089

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