I know nothing about this, but according to a posting on rec.music.folk:
>Ron, you forget about "The Clown's Baby" (see "Songs of the Cattle >Trail & Cow Camp (?)" by Lomax), although this is probably American. >This is credited to one Margaret Vandergrift (?) but this may simply >be the person from whom Lomax collected the song. Desolation Row is >a *radically* different song but the original spark of inspiration is >apparent for all to see. >
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