Lead Belly's Last Sessions

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Annotation

Copyright: © 1994 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
℗ 1994 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Annotation last modified on 2025-05-29 06:56 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom
1:41
2Yes, I'm Going Down to Louisiana
0:43
3Ain't Going Down to the Well No More - 1
1:23
4Dick Ligger's Holler
0:43
5Liza Jane
2:09
6Dog Latin Song
0:52
7Leaving Blues - 1
recording of:
Leaving Blues
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
0:32
8Go Down, Old Hannah
5:00
9The Blue Tailed Fly
2:20
10Nobody in This World is Better Than Us
1:26
11We're in the Same Boat, Brother - 1
2:19
12Looky Looky Yonder
1:33
13Jolly O the Ransom
0:57
14Old Ship of Zion
1:52
15Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy
1:27
16Mistreatin' Mama
1:25
17Black Betty
recording of:
Black Betty
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd., Robert Mellin Music Publishing Corp., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc., Folkways Music Publ. Co. (publisher) (from 1977 to present) and TRO (publisher) (from 1977 to present)
1:53
18Ain't Going Down to the Well No More - 2
2:46
19I'm Going Back Down in Louisiana
0:29
20I Don't Know You, What Have I Done?
3:11
21Rock Island Line - 1
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
1:03
22Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit?
1:30
23Shorty George
0:46
24Stewball
2:34
25Bottle Up and Go - 1
1:25
26You Know I Got to Do It
0:52
27Ain't It a Shame to Go Fishin' on Sunday
1:22
28I Ain't Gonna Drink Anymore
2:38
29Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
2:18
30My Lindy Lou
1:09
31I'm Thinking of a Friend
3:22
32He Never Said a Mumbling Word - 1
2:28
33Gee, But I Want to Go Home
4:00
34In the World
2:01
35I Want to Go Home
1:26
2▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1New Iberia
3:08
2Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
3:12
3John Henry
4:59
4Salty Dog
3:29
5National Defense Blues
3:30
6Easy, Mr. Tom - 1
2:08
7Relax Your Mind
4:09
8Bottle Up and Go - 2
3:37
9Polly Wolly Wee
1:45
10Pig Latin Song
2:11
11Hawaiian Song
2:16
12Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
1:50
13The Gray Goose
2:17
14Silver City Bound
6:01
15The Titanic
5:14
16Death Letter Blues
recording of:
Death Letter Blues (Leadbelly)
3:30
17Oh, Mary Don't You Weep - 1
3:28
18He Never Said a Mumbling Word - 2
2:50
3▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1The Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:11
2Boll Weevil
3:07
3Careless Love
6:29
4Easy Rider
recording of:
See See Rider Blues
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10056)
3:00
5Cry For Me
3:32
6Ain't Gonna Drink No More (DeKalb Blues)
3:54
7Birmingham Jail
2:57
8Old Riley
1:47
9Julie Ann Johnson
1:12
10It's Tight Like That
3:13
114, 5, and 9
4:53
12Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?
0:42
13Jail House Blues
4:31
14Well, You Know I Had to Do It
2:57
15Irene - 1
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
1:22
16Story of the 25 Cent Dude
2:20
17How Come You Do Me like You Do?
3:25
18Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
5:29
19Hesitation Blues
2:17
20I'll Be Down on the Last Bread Wagon
3:35
4▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Digging My Potatoes
4:00
2Springtime in the Rockies
3:02
3Chinatown
1:12
4Rock Island Line - 2
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
1:58
5Backwater Blues
recording of:
Backwater Blues (Leadbelly Arrangement)
guitar arranger:
Lead Belly
version of:
Backwater Blues
3:27
6Governor Pat Neff
3:13
7Irene - 2
recording of:
Goodnight Irene
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
2:44
8Easy, Mr. Tom - 2
2:16
9In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
cover recording of:
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
2:54
10I'm Alone Because I Love You
2:55
11House of the Rising Sun
2:24
12Oh, Mary Don't You Weep - 2
1:58
13Talk About Fannin Street
3:41
14Fannin Street
recording of:
Fannin Street
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
3:37
15Sugar'd Beer
1:40
16Didn't Old John Cross the Water?
2:01
17Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
3:19
18Bully of the Town
2:08
19Sweet Jenny Lee
1:55
20Yellow Gal
2:04
21He Was the Man
3:48
22We're in the Same Boat, Brother - 2
4:17
23Leaving Blues - 2
recording of:
Leaving Blues
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
2:37