OLD BILL CHEETUM
Played by: Johnny Mitchum
Recorded at the Leslie Homecoming, 6/13/63

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(Mr. Mitchum: “I’ll tell you what I’d like to do, folks. I’ve got a little number here that I think’s very nice, and it’s called ‘Bill Cheetum.’ ‘Course, I’m gonna sing you one, too, before I leave. You know, all these news reporters here, Jimmy, you’re used to them, and I’m not. That makes a lot of difference, doesn’t it?”
Mr. Driftwood: “You’ll get used to it, Johnny.”
Mr. Mitchum: “Here’s my old friend Mr. Wolf. I knew him down in college, Arkansas College, didn’t I? He’s a good old boy, old hillbilly like myself--good boy, though. Say, get up here right close to me, now, and we’ll just start in on that. ‘Old Bill Cheetum.’)

Plays ‘Old Bill Cheetum’ on fiddle.

All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted

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Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
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