Anthology of American Folk Music
Volume 3: Songs, Track 63

I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND
Bascom Lamar Lunsford

Recorded Ashland, KY: April 1928
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, vocal and banjo
Oriinally released on Brunswick 219

For a biography and additional information on Lunsford see Track 51. Lunsford learned this song in 1901 from Fred Moody, a North Carolina neighbor (notes folkways to Smithsonian Folkways 40082).

OTHER RECORDED VERSIONS include:
Traditional American Folk: as Mole in the Ground: The Chesley Brothers (FW 34162c); David Holt (High Windy 1255c); Artus Moser (RVR 12-617a); Doc and Merle Watson (FF 252a); Doc Watson (SGH 3786c); and later versions by Lunsford recorded for Folkways 2040c and the Library of Congress.

Folksong revival: as Mole in the Ground: Michael Cooney (Front Hall a); Logan English (MNT 388a); Dave Fredrickson (FW 5259c); Holy Modal Rounders (PRS 7410a); Cisco Houston (VF 9002a); Lisa Kindred (VG 143/44c); John McCutcheon (JA 003a); Mike and Peggy Seeger (RND 8003c); Pete Seeger (SF 45022d); Patrick Sky (Leviathan 2000a); Sweet Corn (Aural 9006d).

Post revival: as Mole in the Ground: Anne Hills (FF 70608c, Hogeye 001a).

Country/String Band: as Mole in the Ground: The Iron Mountain String Band (HRT 101a); Fiddlin' Doc Roberts and Asa Martin (GEN 6732b).

Bluegrass: as Mole in the Ground: Hylo Brown (RR 183a); The Pine River Boys (HRT 3a).