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Mary Ryan & Mark Braidner - "The Last Kind Words". This is a First World War Song and one of three songs recorded by the great Geeshie Wiley in 1929 with guitar played by Elvie Thomas. ("Last Kind Words Blues"). Geeshie was born in Natchez Mississippi and during the 20's she worked at a fairground in Jackson. Mississippi. Some evidence suggests that she was married to Casey Bill Weldon who was Memphis Minnie's ex husband. The nickname "Geeshie" was commonly given to people from around coastal South Carolina and Georgia and is another name for the Gullah ethnic group in that region. I learned the song from the compilation album: Mississippi Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927 -1935 (Yazoo Records)