Bascom Lamar Lunsford Recorded in April 1928 in Ashland, Kentucky. Another banjo tune with lyrics that could be from any one of a number of tunes, and which have no apparent logical relationship with each other. This particular tune, which became a folkie staple during the Great Folk Scare, is related to tunes known as "Tempie," "Darling Where Have You Been So Long," "Sammie, Where Have You Been So Long," and "I Don't Like No Railroad Man." In "When We Were Good: The Folk Revival" Robert Cantwell says: "Listen to 'I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground' again and again, learn to play the banjo and sing it yourself over and over, study every printed version, squander your time in the bargain, and you still won't fathom it." He's right. audio 523 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Mole 2003-08-09 17:12:55 sound 3:23 78rpm>CD>MP3 Tribe johncarrie@buckeye-express.com opensource_audio 2003-08-09 17:12:55 Jonathan Aizen 2004-07-15 16:23:06