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Two little Orphans.https://youtu.be/FChHpOaCl2k

I'm a Stoneman fan. Nice. Thanks for posting. I'm not sure it's the saddest song ever on Edison. There were "The Prisoner's Song" and of course "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen". Try to find these by Kaplan's Melodists. They are fairly common and you won't be disappointed imho....

I swear most of Vernon Dalhart's songs are about death and train wrecks...

I nominate "Molly Brannigan" as one of the saddest songs I've heard on Edison. The guy sounded suicidal. He's probably dead now.

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52089 wrote:I swear most of Vernon Dalhart's songs are about death and train wrecks...

I have The Mississippi Flood with The Wreak of Number 9, and a couple more.
A lot of death for sure.

Valecnik wrote:I'm a Stoneman fan. Nice. Thanks for posting. I'm not sure it's the saddest song ever on Edison. There were "The Prisoner's Song" and of course "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen". Try to find these by Kaplan's Melodists. They are fairly common and you won't be disappointed imho....

I have I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen. It's sad, but two sweet little kids don't die in it. I'll have to check out the other.

VintageTechnologies wrote:I nominate "Molly Brannigan" as one of the saddest songs I've heard on Edison. The guy sounded suicidal. He's probably dead now.

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Great song. Alas he's no longer with us.

Who knew this post would be so controversial.