Down The Road

I first heard Down the Road at the High Plains Rendezvous in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 2023, where it was sung as part of the closing ceremonies. That rendezvous was where I met and became friends with a grey bearded buckskinner by the name of Dave Rambo. He has been of immeasurable help in locating songs that were actually sung in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Dave told me that Down the Road was based on some folks that Michael Taggart had interacted with at a rendezvous in Wasioja, MN that Pirate Bob Peterson used to host, as well as other people that he and Dave knew from various other rendezvous.