Leadbelly the Library of Congress recordings.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Music Division.
Other Authors: Leadbelly, 1885-1949. (Performer), Cohn, Lawrence, 1932-
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Elektra, [1966?]
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Table of Contents:
  • Texas, Louisiana, Barrelhouse. Mr. Tom Hughes' town ; De Kalb blues ; Take a whiff on me ; Medicine man ; I'm sorry Mama
  • Square dances, Sooky jumps, Reels. Monologue: Square dances, sooky jumps ; Po' Howard ; Monologue: Dance calls, dance steps ; Gwine dig a hole ; Tight like that ; Green corn ; Becky Dean
  • Penitentiaries. Monologue: Prison singing ; Midnight special ; I ain't gonna ring dem yellow women's do'bells ; Rock Island line ; Governor Pat Neff ; Irene ; Governor O.K. Allen
  • Spirituals. Git on board ; Hallelujah ; Monologue: Joining the Church ; Backslider ; Fare you well ; Amazing grace ; Must I be carried to the sky on flowered beds of ease? ; Amazing grace ; Flowered beds of ease ; Down in the valley to pray ; Let it shine on me ; Run sinners ; Ride on
  • Blues. Monologue: The blues ; Thirty days in the workhouse ; 'Fo day worry blues ; Matchbox blues ; You don't know my mind ; Got a gal in town with her mouth chock full of gold ; Alberta ; Take me back ; Henry Ford blues
  • Ballads. Ella speed ; Billy the weaver ; Frankie & Albert ; If it wasn't for Dicky ; Mama, did you bring me any silver? ; Topical, protest: Bourgeois blues ; Howard Hughes ; Scottsboro boys ; Hindenburg disaster ; Turn yo' radio on ; Roosevelt song.