So much fascinating content here. For example, just listened to Josh White's 1942 "House of the Rising Sun"...
https://archive.org/details/78_house-of-the-rising-sun_josh-...
...except the lyrics are a biiiit different than the ones made famous by The Animals in the 1960's. Though sung by a man, this older version of the song is from the point of view of a woman forced into sex trafficking at a whorehouse, warning her sister not to do the same. (The Animals' version was more about a man gambling.)