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Clifton Hicks "Morphine" (Banjo Bill Cornett Version)

Clifton Hicks "Morphine" (Banjo Bill Cornett Version)

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Published on October 12, 2024
Duration: 2:06

This YouTube video features a home recording of Kentucky State Rep. William "Banjo Bill" Cornett (1890-1960) performing his version of the song "Morphine Blues." The description provides the transcribed lyrics, which detail a dream about wealth followed by the harsh reality of poverty, and a harrowing experience with morphine that almost led to death. The description also includes variations of the lyrics from other singers and mentions Cornett's hometown of Hindman, Kentucky. It highlights that this particular recording is absent from a published compilation of his "lost recordings."

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