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List of songs recorded by Lead Belly

Index List of songs recorded by Lead Belly

The following is a partial list of songs performed by Lead Belly. [1]

46 relations: Ain't That a Shame, Alberta (blues), Amazing Grace, Backwater Blues, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, Black Betty, Boll Weevil (song), Bottle Up and Go, Cotton Fields, Death Letter, Down by the Riverside, Down in the River to Pray, Down in the Valley (folk song), Duncan and Brady, Frankie and Johnny (song), Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home, Goodnight, Irene, Grey Goose (folk song), He Never Said a Mumblin' Word, How Long, How Long Blues, I'm Alabama Bound, In the Pines, Jimmie Rodgers (country singer), Jimmy Crack Corn, John Hardy (song), Josh White, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, Lead Belly, Midnight Special (song), Old-Time Religion, Pick a Bale of Cotton, Rock Island Line, Salty Dog Blues, See See Rider, Skewball, Skip to My Lou, Sonny Terry, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Take a Whiff on Me, Take This Hammer, The Bourgeois Blues, The House of the Rising Sun, The Maid Freed from the Gallows, The Titanic (song), The Weavers, Woody Guthrie.

Ain't That a Shame

"Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew.

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Alberta (blues)

"Alberta" is the title of several traditional blues songs.

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Amazing Grace

"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807).

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Backwater Blues

The song "Backwater Blues" is a blues and jazz standard.

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Belafonte at Carnegie Hall

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall is a live double album by Harry Belafonte issued by RCA Victor.

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Black Betty

"Black Betty" (Roud 11668) is a 20th-century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him.

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Boll Weevil (song)

"Boll Weevil" is a traditional blues song, also known by similar titles such as "Boweavil" or "Boll Weevil Blues".

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Bottle Up and Go

"Bottle Up and Go" or "Bottle It Up and Go" is a song that is a standard of the blues.

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Cotton Fields

"Cotton Fields" is a song written by American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.

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Death Letter

"Death Letter", also known as "Death Letter Blues", is the signature song of the Delta blues musician Son House.

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Down by the Riverside

"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is a Negro spiritual song.

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Down in the River to Pray

"Down in the River to Pray" (also known as "Down to the River to Pray," "Down in the Valley to Pray," "The Good Old Way," and "Come, Let Us All Go Down") is a traditional American song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a gospel song.

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Down in the Valley (folk song)

"Down in the Valley", also known as "Birmingham Jail", is a traditional country-blues American folk song.

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Duncan and Brady

"Duncan and Brady", also known as "Been on the Job Too Long", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star",Scarborough, Dorothy, Lee Gulledge, Ola.

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Frankie and Johnny (song)

"Frankie and Johnny" (sometimes spelled "Frankie and Johnnie"; also known as "Frankie and Albert" or just "Frankie") is a traditional American popular song.

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Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home

"Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home" (also known as "I Don't Want No More of Army Life") is a traditional, humorous song satirizing life in the Armed Forces.

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Goodnight, Irene

"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933.

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Grey Goose (folk song)

"Grey Goose" is a traditional American folk song.

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He Never Said a Mumblin' Word

"He Never Said a Mumblin' Word" (also known as "They Hung Him on a Cross", "Mumblin' Word", "Crucifixion", and "Easter") is an American spiritual folk song.

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How Long, How Long Blues

"How Long, How Long Blues" (also known as "How Long Blues" or "How Long How Long") is a blues song recorded by the American blues duo Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell in 1928.

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I'm Alabama Bound

"I'm Alabama Bound" is a ragtime melody composed by Robert Hoffman in 1909.

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In the Pines

"In the Pines", also known as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" and "Black Girl", is a traditional American folk song originating from two songs, "In the Pines" and "The Longest Train", both of whose authorship is unknown and date back to at least the 1870s (though some contend an older, Irish history).

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Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)

James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933), professionally Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country, blues and folk singer, songwriter and musician in the early 20th century, known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling.

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Jimmy Crack Corn

"Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels.

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John Hardy (song)

"John Hardy" is a traditional American folk song based on the life of a railroad worker living in McDowell County, West Virginia in the Spring of 1893.

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Josh White

Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist.

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Kisses Sweeter than Wine

"Kisses Sweeter than Wine" is a popular love song, with lyrics written and music adapted in 1950 by The Weavers.

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Lead Belly

Huddie William Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced.

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Midnight Special (song)

"Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South.

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Old-Time Religion

("Give Me That") "Old-Time Religion" (and similar spellings) is a traditional Gospel song dating from 1873, when it was included in a list of Jubilee songs—or earlier.

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Pick a Bale of Cotton

"Pick a Bale of Cotton" is a traditional American folk song and spiritual or work song recorded by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter).

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Rock Island Line

"Rock Island Line" is an American folk song.

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Salty Dog Blues

"Salty Dog Blues" is an early 1900s folk song.

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See See Rider

"See See Rider", also known as "C.C. Rider", "See See Rider Blues" or "Easy Rider", is a popular American 12-bar blues song, originally recorded by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey in 1924.

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Skewball

Skewball was the name of an 18th-century British racehorse, most famous as the subject of a broadsheet ballad and folk-song.

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Skip to My Lou

Skip to My Lou is a popular children's song.

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Sonny Terry

Saunders Teddell, or Saunders Terrell (or other variants, sources differ) (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.

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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is an American negro spiritual.

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Take a Whiff on Me

"Take a Whiff on Me" (Roud 10062) is an American folk song, with references to the use of cocaine.

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Take This Hammer

"Take This Hammer" (Roud 4299, AFS 745B1) is a prison, logging, and railroad work song, which has the same Roud number as another song, "Nine Pound Hammer", with which it shares verses.

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The Bourgeois Blues

"The Bourgeois Blues" is a blues song by American folk and blues musician, Lead Belly.

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The House of the Rising Sun

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues".

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The Maid Freed from the Gallows

"The Maid Freed from the Gallows" is one of many titles of a centuries-old folk song about a condemned maiden pleading for someone to buy her freedom from the executioner.

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The Titanic (song)

"The Titanic" (also known as "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down" and "Titanic (Husbands and Wives)") is a folk song and children's song most known for being sung in the United States at girl scout summer camps.

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The Weavers

The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City.

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Woody Guthrie

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music; his songs, including social justice songs, such as "This Land Is Your Land", have inspired several generations both politically and musically.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Lead_Belly

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