Lead Belly. [CD 1-3]

Irene (Goodnight Irene) -- The Bourgeois blues -- Fannin Street (Mister Tom Hughes Town) -- The midnight special -- John Henry -- Black girl -- Pick a bale of cotton -- Take this hammer -- Cotton fields -- Old Riley -- Rock Island Line -- The Gallis Pole -- Ha-ha this a way -- Sukey jump -- Boll wee...

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Main Author Leadbelly
Format Streaming Audio
Published Washington, DC Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2015
SeriesMusic Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries, Volume 1
The Smithsonian Folkways collection
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Summary:Irene (Goodnight Irene) -- The Bourgeois blues -- Fannin Street (Mister Tom Hughes Town) -- The midnight special -- John Henry -- Black girl -- Pick a bale of cotton -- Take this hammer -- Cotton fields -- Old Riley -- Rock Island Line -- The Gallis Pole -- Ha-ha this a way -- Sukey jump -- Boll weevil -- Scottsboro boys -- Governor O.K. Allen -- Governor Pat Neff -- There's a man going around taking names -- On a Monday -- You can't lose me, Cholly -- Keep your hands off her -- We shall be free / with Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston -- Alabama bound -- Almost day -- Fiddler's dream -- Green corn -- Sally Walker -- Bring me a little water, Silvy -- Julie Ann Johnson -- Linin' track -- Whoa, back, buck -- Shorty George -- Ham and eggs -- Moanin' -- Out on the Western Plains -- Noted rider - Meeting at the building -- Good, good, good (Talking preaching)/We shall walk through the valley -- Ain't you glad (The blood done signed my name) -- I'm so glad, I done got over -- The Hindenburg disaster -- Ella speed -- Haul away Joe -- Old man -- Sweet Jenny Lee -- Jean Harlow -- Laura -- Queen Mary -- Good morning blues -- Sail on, little girl -- Easy rider -- Poor Howard -- Duncan and Brady -- How long, how long -- T.B. blues -- Jim Crow blues -- Pigmeat -- John Hardy -- Outskirts of town -- 4,5, and 9 -- In the evening (When the sun goes down) -- Red Cross Store blues -- Diggin' my potatoes -- Blind lemon -- When a man's a long way from home -- Alberta -- Excerpt from "The lonesome train" -- National defense blues -- Hitler song (Mr. Hitler) -- Big fat woman -- Been so long (Bellevue Hospital blues).
Bibliography:Includes program notes with biography of performer in English.
Lead Belly, vocals, guitar.
Title from cover image (viewed November 30, 2021).
Streaming audio files.
Sung in English.