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Song Theme
Natural Tennessee
Tennessee Places

Collection
Sheet Music

Item ID
000010-TENN

Accession Number
03-023 Mitchell

Title
Ballad of the Natchez Trace

Creator
David, Freddy
DeMarchi, Adalyn, and George Marquis Kelly and Freddy David, lyrics

Date
[1957]

Publisher
s.n.

Place of Publication
s.l.

Subject
Tennessee Songs and music

Physical Description
1 vocal score (3 p.) : 35 cm ; V

Location
TENN 001

Notes
Small sheet music. Cover has photo of four young adults at the "Natural Bridge of Tennessee, real "hide out" of The Bandits of the Natchez Trace." Their attire suggests the 1950s.
Date taken from advertisement from the Florence Times Daily newspaper, June 28, 1957, Florence, Alabama.
Presenting in person at Forbes Piano Co. 109 South Court St., Downtown Florence “Freddy David” World’s Greatest Electric Harmonica. Saturday, 12 noon ‘til closing. Come in hear Freddy playing from “Bop” to “Bach” and your request. Mr. David will personally autograph a copy of his own composition “The Ballad of the Natchez Trace” which will be in the gigantic CinemaScope production “The Bandits of Natchez Trace” to be filmed in its entire immensity at Natural Bridge, Waynesboro, Tenn., where Mr. David is currently playing.

First Line
Stranger beware of the Natchez Trace, it is a dangerous, dangerous place,

Notation
Standard

RecordID
91189