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- Included Titles
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- I was standing in the bottom
- Yes, I'm goin down in Louisiana
- I ain't goin' down to the well no more
- Dick Ligger's holler
- Miss Liza Jane
- Dog-Latin song
- Leaving blues
- Go down, Old Hannah
- Blue tail fly
- Nobody in the world is better than us
- We're in the same boat, brother
- Looky, looky yonder
- Jolly o' the ransom
- Ship of Zion
- Bring me a little water, Silvy
- Mistreatin' mama
- Black Betty
- Ain't goin' down to the well no more
- I'm goin' back down in Louisiana
- I don't know you what I done
- Rock Island Line
- Old man, will your dog catch a rabbit?
- Shorty George
- Stewball
- Bottle up and go
- You know I got to do it
- Ain't it a shame to go fishin' on Sunday
- I ain't going to drink no more
- My Lindy Lou
- I'm thinking of a friend
- He never said a mumblin' word
- I don't want no more army life
- In the world
- I want to go home
- New Iberia
- Dancing with tears in my eyes
- John Henry
- Salty dog
- National defense blues
- Easy, Mr. Tom
- Relax your mind
- Polly Polly Wee
- Pig-Latin song
- Hawaiian song
- Drinkin' lum y a alla
- The gray goose
- Silver City bound
- The Titanic
- Death letter blues
- Mary don't you weep
- Midnight Special
- Boll weevil blues
- Careless love
- Easy rider
- Cry for me
- Ain't goin' drink no more
- Birmingham Jail
- Old Riley
- Julie Ann Johnson
- It's tight like that
- 4, 5, and 9
- Good morning babe
- Jail house blues
- Well you know I had to do it
- Irene
- Story of the 25 cent dude
- How come you do me like you do, do, do
- Hello Central, give me long distance phone
- The hesitation blues
- I'll be down on the last bread wagon
- Springtime in the Rockies
- Chinatown
- Backwater blues
- Sweet Mary
- In the evening when the sun goes down
- I'm alone because I love you
- House of the Rising Sun
- Mary don't you weep and don't you moan
- Talk about Fannin Street
- Fannin Street
- Sugared beer
- Didn't Old John cross the water
- Nobody knows you when you're down and out
- Bully of he town
- Sweet Jenny Lee
- Yellow gal
- He was the man
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Folkways Records, [1962]
- [©1962]
- Physical Details
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- 4 audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, monophonic ; 12 in. + 1 insert ([8] pages : illustrations ; 28 cm)
- OCLC
- ocm08250101
- Credits
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- Leadbelly, vocals and guitar; with Martha Ledbetter, vocals (on Bring me a little water, Silvy, and House of the Rising Sun)
- Folk songs, blues, and original songs.
- In 4 containers.
- "Vol. 1"--Discs 1 and 2; "Vol. 2"--Discs 3 and 4.
- Technical and program notes by Frederic Ramsey Jr. and Moses Asch, and biographical and historical notes by Frederic Ramsey, Jr. (reprinted from the Nov.-Dec., 1953 issue of High Fidelity) inserted.
- Recorded Sept. and Oct., 1948 in New York.
- disc 1: I was standing in the bottom ; Yes, I'm goin down in Louisiana ; I ain't goin' down to the well no more ; Dick Ligger's holler ; Miss Liza Jane ; Dog-Latin song ; Leaving blues -- Go down, Old Hannah ; Blue tail fly -- Nobody in the world is better than us -- We're in the same boat, brother ; Looky, looky yonder ; Jolly o' the ransom -- Ship of Zion ; Bring me a little water, Silvy (with Martha Ledbetter) ; Mistreatin' mama ; Black Betty ; Ain't goin' down to the well no more ; I'm goin' back down in Louisiana ; I don't know you what I done ; Rock Island Line ; Old man, will your dog catch a rabbit? ; Shorty George ; Stewball ; Bottle up and go ; You know I got to do it ; Ain't it a shame to go fishin' on Sunday ; I ain't going to drink no more -- My Lindy Lou ; I'm thinking of a friend -- He never said a mumblin' word ; I don't want no more army life ; In the world ; I want to go home --
- disc 2: New Iberia ; Dancing with tears in my eyes ; John Henry -- Salty dog ; National defense blues ; Easy, Mr. Tom ; Relax your mind -- Bottle up and go ; Polly Polly Wee -- Pig-Latin song ; Hawaiian song ; Drinkin' lum y a alla ; The gray goose ; Silver City bound ; The Titanic -- Death letter blues -- Mary don't you weep ; He never said a mumblin' word --
- disc 3: Midnight Special ; Boll weevil blues ; Careless love -- Easy rider ; Cry for me ; Ain't goin' drink no more -- Birmingham Jail ; Old Riley ; Julio [i.e. Julie] Ann Johnson ; It's tight like that -- 4, 5, and 9 -- Good morning babe ; Jail house blues -- Well you know I had to do it ; Irene -- Story of the 25 cent dude ; How come you do me like you do, do, do -- Hello Central, give me long distance phone ; The hesitation blues -- I'll be down on the last bread wagon --
- disc 4: Springtime in the Rockies ; Chinatown -- Rock Island Line ; Backwater blues ; Sweet Mary -- Irene ; Easy, Mr. Tom ; In the evening when the sun goes down -- I'm alone because I love you -- House of the Rising Sun (with Martha Ledbetter) ; Mary don't you weep and don't you moan -- Talk about Fannin Street ; Fannin Street ; Sugared beer ; Didn't Old John cross the water -- Nobody knows you when you're down and out ; Bully of he town -- Sweet Jenny Lee ; Yellow gal ; He was the man ; We're in the same boat, brother -- Leaving blues