Part five of our series on songs of the Old Town School songbook delves into the American folksong “Cindy.” Episode 11 features folklorist, Volo Bogtrotter and fiddle teacher Paul Tyler, and a performance of his arrangement of the song, as well as a rare version by North Carolina ballad singer Lee Monroe Presnell.

Original recordings featured in this episode (in order of occurrence):- “Cindy” as performed by Paul Tyler, Steve Rosen, Jordan Wankoff, Elizabeth Lamberti, Carol Swanson and Brian Buhlman at the Old Town School 45th anniversary concert, 11/16/02- Interview with Paul Tyler in the Resource Center of the Old Town School of Folk Music, 07/01/2016- “Cindy” as performed by Lee Monroe Presnell in Beech Mountain, NC, circa 1960

References, additional reading and listening:- "Traditional American Folk Songs" by Frank and Anne Warner- "The Last Chivaree" by Robert Isbell- Episode 2 of The Archives Podcast, “The Armstrongs, Part 2: George & Gerry Armstrong, Unsung Musicologists”