Lady Gay- Pace (KY) 1917 Sharp MS
[My title. Single stanza with music from Bronson TTCB, II No. 52, 1962. Sharp MSS, 4009.
See Sharp's diary notes below.
R. Matteson 2015]
Sharp diary 1917 page 282. Monday 1 October 1917 - Hyden:
Then call on Mrs Eliza Pace an old lady of 67 who we afterwards hear has been a great offender in retailing Moonshine and has been sentenced several times. But she has good songs.
[Lady Gay] Sung by Eliza Pace, Hyden, Leslie County, KY, October 1, 1917
A lady gay and a lady was she,
Small children she had three
She sent them away to the North Amerikee
To learn their grammaree.