Talk:Little Sadie

Untitled
This website: says that the Clarence Ashley version was recorded in 1928. Ogg 14:37, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * http://www.lizlyle.lofgrens.org/RmOlSngs/RTOS-Sadie.html

Sadie as Prostitute?
Can this claim be sourced and so properly defended? Nothing in my reading of the quoted lyrics (or of the rest of the song's lyrics, as sung by Clarence Ashley) suggests prostitution. Yes, I see (on etymonline.com) that "hack" has historically been used to mean a prostitute; it has also been used to mean a horse for hire or a person for hire. Either of these latter meanings (but especially that of a horse) seems a much more natural reading in connection with the lyrics' mention of buggies. 71.212.254.65 (talk) 15:10, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

"selected" recordings
Anyone up for figuring out some objective criteria for which versions get included on this list? It's really out of hand by this point.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 20:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

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Earlier Version?
In 1926 A bluesman called Sloppy Henry recorded a song called "Bobbed Haired Woman". The similarities between it and other songs in the little Sadie tradition seem more than superficial; see the full lyrics here.

This particular version was recorded March 8, 1926, meaning that if it can be considered part of the Little Sadie tradition, it is the earliest recorded version. However I am new to Song Wikipedia (this is my first talk post), and do not know if it can be grouped in with the rest of the songs in this tradition. Can any more experienced Wiki Editors please weigh in? Winthrop23 (talk) 07:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
 * This is a real interesting find. It's good you asked about it. We can't use it in Wikipedia without a WP:RS connecting the two songs, even if it seems obvious. Given the practice of blues songs to use "floating lyrics", a commonality of lyrics doesn't necessarily indicate anything more than that two different blues singers picked up the same phrases. That being said, this one is quite clearly just the same song. How did you find this? --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 14:49, 21 June 2020 (UTC)