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Shout on / Lead Belly.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Leadbelly, 1885-1949, singer, instrumentalist.
Contributor:
Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967, singer, instrumentalist.
Houston, Cisco, singer, instrumentalist.
Series:
Music online: American song.
Music online: American song
Lead Belly legacy ; vol. 3
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Blues (Music)--1941-1950.
Blues (Music).
Folk songs, English--United States.
Folk songs, English.
United States.
Topical songs.
Genre:
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, 1998.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:
Shout on (2:09)
Little children's blues (2:30)
Governor Pat Neff (3:39)
Ain't going down to the well no more (1:05)
Go down old Hannah (2:04)
Come and sit down beside me (1:02)
How long, how long (2:13)
Old man (2:35)
John Henry (3:09)
Jean Harlow (1:38)
Birmingham jail (1:48)
Don't sleep too long (2:04)
It was early one morning (2:22)
Uncle Sam says (2:13)
If you want to do your part (2:39)
National defense blues (3:12)
Whoa back Buck (2:09)
Ham and eggs (2:46)
Midnight special (2:14)
Grey goose (1:34)
Yellow gal (2:23)
Green corn (1:15)
The parting song (2:52)
Rooster crows at midnight (1:20)
Skip to my lou (1:29)
More yet ; Little boy how old are you ; Green grass growing all around (2:50)
What are little boys made of ; Polly wee (2:19)
Ha ha this a-way (1:32)
You can't lose me, Cholly (1:32)
It was soon one morning (1:12)
Take this hammer (2:15)
Pick a bale of cotton (1:23).
Participant:
Lead Belly, vocals, guitar ; in part with Woody Guthrie, vocals, guitar, mandolin, and Cisco Houston, vocals, guitar (tracks 18-22) ; and various other musicians.
Notes:
Biographical and program notes by Jeff Place and Kip Lornell, bibliography, and discography (28 p. : ill.) in container.
Includes reissue of Folkways 31030.
Previously published as compact disc.
Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40105 (on container: SF CD 40105).
Songs, principally written or arranged by Huddie Ledbetter.
Recorded ca. 1941-Oct. 1948.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (American song). Available via World Wide Web.
Other Format:
31030
SF 40105
SF CD 40105
093074010525
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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