Name: Bill Morgan's Gal
Duration: P00H02M40S
Description: Originally a minstrel show tune, Bill Morgan's Gal was likely written in the 1800s or early 1900s. Mike Seeger's band, The New Lost City Ramblers, covered the song during the 1960s folk revival. The tune is a comical song about a woman who spends too much and the man who foots the bill.

Bill Morgan's Gal

by Matthew Keeler

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Originally a minstrel show tune, Bill Morgan's Gal was likely written in the 1800s or early 1900s. Mike Seeger's band, The New Lost City Ramblers, covered the song during the 1960s folk revival. The tune is a comical song about a woman who spends too much and the man who foots the bill.

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Refrain: My name is Morgan, but it ain't J.P. / Ain't no bank on Wall Street that belongs to me / You may have known me pretty long, but you sure have got my initials wrong / My name is Morgan, but it ain't J. P. (etc...)

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released October 6, 2012
public domain. Guitar, mandolin, and washtub bass - Matthew Keeler; Jim Boedicker - backup vocals

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Matthew Keeler Ottawa, Ohio

I'm just a guy who likes old, forgotten music, and sometimes, if the feeling's right, I make something new out of it.

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