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“Make Me a Pallet on the Floor” (also recorded as “Make Me a Pallet on your Floor”, “Make Me a Pallet” and “Pallet on the Floor”) is a blues/jazz/folk song now considered as a standard. The song’s origins are somewhat nebulous and can be traced back to the 19th century. Various versions of the lyrics were first published in 1911 in an academic journal of ethnomusicology. Some sources attribute the modern score to W. C. Handy who later modified into a song known as “Atlanta Blues”. An early recording of the song was made by Mississippi John Hurt (as “Ain’t No Tellin”). Read on...