[Ads-l] Antedating of "Easy Rider" (Lover)

[Shapiro, Fred]

easy rider (OED 1914)

1913 Lexington (Ky.) Leader 12 Aug. 9/4 (Newspapers.com)

Mrs. [Ma] Rainey ... will render trio songs which went so well last week, "I Wonder Where My Easy Riders [sic] Gone," and the "Titanic Blues."

Fred Shapiro

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