At a later date, I decided to look in Wikipedia to see if they had a list of songs that were written by A. P. Carter. Well, they did, but it was not at all what I expected: There are only 4 songs on the list. This was the real story according to the Wikipedia article on A. P. Carter: “Carter was known for traveling extensively throughout the country and collecting and blending songs, particularly from Appalachian musicians. Some of the songs became so closely identified with A. P. Carter that he has been popularly, but mistakenly, credited with writing them. For example, ‘Keep on the Sunny Side of Life’ was published in 1901 with the words being credited to Ada Blenkhorn and the music credited to Howard Entwisle, and ‘The Meeting in the Air’ has been published giving credit for music and words to I. G. Martin.”
(February 2015)
