tracks

Yes, I Was Standing In The Bottom
Yes, I'm Going Down To Louisiana
I Ain't Going 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 This World Is Better Than Us
We're In The Same Boat, Brother
Looky, Looky Yonder
Jolly O' The Ransom
Old Ship Of Zion
Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy
Mistreatin' Mama
Black Betty
Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
I'm Going Back Down In Louisiana
I Don't Know You, What Have I Done
Rock Island Line
Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch A Rabbit?
Shorty George
Stewball
Bottle Up & Go
You Know I Got To Do It
Ain't It A Shame To Go Fishin' On A Sunday
I Ain't Gonna Drink Anymore
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
My Lindy Lou
I'm Thinking Of A Friend
He Never Said A Mumbling Word
I Don't Want No More Of 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
Bottle Up And Go
Polly Wolly Wee
Pig Latin Song (2nd Version)
Hawaiian Song
Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
The Grey Goose
Silver City Bound
The Titanic
Death Letter Blues
Mary Don't You Weep
He Never Said A Mumbling Word
Midnight Special
Boll Weevil Song
Careless Love
Easy Rider
Cry For Me
Ain't Going To Drink No More (De Kalb Blues)
Birmingham Jail
Old Riley
Julie Ann Johnson
It's Tight Like That
4, 5 & 9
Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?
Jail House Blues
Well, You Know I Had To Do It
Irene
25 Cent Dude
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
Hello Central
Hesitation Blues
I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon
Somebody's Diggin' My Potatoes
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
Mary Don't You Weep
Talk About Fannin Street
Fannin Street
Sugared The Beer
Didn't Old John Cross The Water
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Bully Of The Town
Sweet Jenny Lee
Yellow Gal
He Was The Man
We're In The Same Boat, Brother
Leaving Blues

notes

Previously issued as Folkways 241/2941 and 242/2942.
Contains 2 previously unissued selections (tracks 1-29 and 4-1), recorded Fall, 1948, New York, N.Y.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-35 recorded September 27, 1948.
Tracks 2-1 to 4-3 recorded October 15, 1948.
Tracks 4-4 to 4-23 recorded November 5, 1948.

All songs published by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc./BMI except tracks 3-15 and 4-7 published by Ludlow Music Inc., BMI and track 4-2 published by Woolsey/Sauer/CBS Catalogue Partnership, ASCAP

Mastered at A & M Mastering, Hollywood, CA.

Slipcase, booklet, and CD back cover: 1937, courtesy of Lead Belly Society.

℗©1994 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
Manufactured in USA.

credits

Design – Visual Dialogue
Edited By [Editorial Assistance] – Mary Monseur
Liner Notes – Anthony Seeger, Jeff Place, Matt Walters, Moses Asch, Sean Killeen
Mastered By – Alan Yoshida
Music Librarian [Archival Assisance] – Jeff Place, Steve Weiss (2)
Recorded By, Liner Notes – Frederic Ramsey Jr.
Supervised By – Anthony Seeger, Matt Walters

companies

Published By – Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
Published By – Ludlow Music, Inc.
Published By – Woolsey / Sauer / CBS Catalouge Partnership
Mastered At – A&M Mastering Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Copyright (c) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Glass Mastered At – Disctronics USA – 127798
Glass Mastered At – Disctronics USA – 127799
Glass Mastered At – Disctronics USA – 127800
Glass Mastered At – Disctronics USA

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