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Contents 1 The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Midnight Special, Vol. 1 (1991) 2 The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In, Vol. 2 (1991) 3 The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Let It Shine On Me, Vol. 3 (1991) 4 The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - The Titanic, Vol. 4 (1994) 5 The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, Vol. 5 (1994) 6 Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994) 7 Leadbelly: Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (1934-1935) (2005) 8 Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 2 (1935) (2005) 9 Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 3 (1935) (2005) 10 Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 4 (1935-1938) (2005) 11 Leadbelly Vol. 1 (1939-1940) (2005) 12 Leadbelly Vol. 2 (1940-1943) (2005) 13 Leadbelly Vol. 3 (1939-1947) (2005) 14 Leadbelly Vol. 4 (1939-1947) (2005) 15 Leadbelly Vol. 5 (1938-1942) (2005) 16 Leadbelly Vol. 6 (1947) (2005) 17 Leadbelly Vol. 7 (1947-1949) (2005) 18 Other Songs

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[edit] The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Midnight Special, Vol. 1 (1991)

1. Governor O.K. Allen
2. Roberta
3. Irene
4. Frankie And Albert
5. I'm Sorry Mama
6. Careless Love
7. Matchbox Blues
8. Ella Speed
9. Get Up In The Mornin'
10. Dekalb Blues
11. Irene
12. Midnight Special
13. Red River
14. You Don't Know My Mind
15. Take A Whiff On Me

[edit] The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In, Vol. 2 (1991)

1. Old Rattler
2. Mama, Did You Bring Any Silver?
3. Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In
4. C.C. Rider
5. Alberta
6. Turn Yo' Radio On
7. Dance Calls (Includes "One Dollar Bill, Baby")
8. Medicine Man
9. Queen Mary
10. Po' Howard
11. Becky Dean
12. If It Wasn't For Dicky
13. The Bourgeois Blues
14. Green Corn
15. Governor Pat Neff

[edit] The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Let It Shine On Me, Vol. 3 (1991)

1. Monologue On The Mourner's Bench
2. Must I Be Carried To The Sky...
3. No Good Rider
4. Backslider, Fare Thee Well
5. Ride On
6. The Scottsboro Boys
7. You Must Have That Religion, Halleloo
8. Run Sinners
9. When I Was A Cowboy
10. The Roosevelt Song
11. Mr. Hitler
12. Let It Shine On Me
13. Howard Hughes
14. Leaving Blues
15. Blues About New York
16. Down In The Valley To Pray

[edit] The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - The Titanic, Vol. 4 (1994)

1. Mister Tom Hughes' Town
2. Shreveport Jail
3. Julie Ann Johnson
4. Mary Don't You Weep
5. Sail On Little Girl
6. Angola Blues (So Doggone Soon)
7. Easy Mr. Tom
8. I Ain't Bothered A Bit
9. The Titanic
10. Tight Like That
11. Red Cross Sto'
12. Take Me Back
13. Blind Lemon Blues
14. Henry Ford Blues
15. Fo' Day Worry Blues
16. Hesitation Blues
17. Don't You Love Me No More
18. Dalles And Fort Worth Blues
19. Boll Weevil

[edit] The Library Of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen, Vol. 5 (1994)

1. Ha-Ha Thisaway
2. Ain't Gonna Ring Dem Yallow Woman's Do' Bells
3. New York City
4. Outshine The Sun
5. Ho Day
6. Shorty George
7. Monkey Man
8. Bring Me Water Silvy
9. Ain't Gonna Drink No More
10. Git On Board
11. Little John Henry
12. Ain't Goin' Down To The Well No More
13. Where De Sun Gone Down
14. Rock Island Line
15. Billy The Weaver
16. The Hindenburg Disaster, Pt. 2
17. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
18. One Dollar Bill, Baby
19. The Hindenburg Disaster, Pt. 1

[edit] Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994)

1. Yes, I Was Standing In The Bottom
2. Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
3. Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
4. Dick Ligger's Holler
5. Liza Jane
6. Dog Latin Song
7. Leaving Blues
8. Go Down, Old Hannah
9. The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
10. Nobody In This World Is Better Than Us
11. We're In The Same Boat, Brother
12. Looky Looky Yonder
13. Jolly O The Ransom
14. Old Ship Of Zion
15. Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy
16. Mistreatin' Mama
17. Black Betty
18. Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
19. Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
20. I Don't Know You, What Have I Done?
21. Rock Island Line
22. Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch A Rabbit?
23. Shorty George
24. Stewball
25. Bottle Up And Go
26. You Know I Got To Do It
27. Ain't It A Shame To Go Fishin' On Sunday
28. Dekalb Blues (Ain't Gonna Drink No More)
29. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
30. My Lindy Lou
31. I'm Thinking Of A Friend
32. He Never Said A Mumbling Word
33. Gee, But I Want To Go Home (Army Life)
34. In The World
35. I Want To Go Home

1. New Iberia
2. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
3. John Henry
4. Salty Dog
5. National Defense Blues
6. Easy, Mr. Tom
7. Relax Your Mind
8. Bottle Up And Go
9. Polly Wolly Wee
10. Pig Latin Song
11. Hawaiian Song
12. Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
13. The Gray Goose
14. Silver City Bound
15. The Titanic
16. Death Letter Blues
17. Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
18. He Never Said A Mumbling Word

1. The Midnight Special
2. Boll Weevil
3. Careless Love
4. Easy Rider
5. Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)(Cry To Me)
6. Dekalb Blues (Ain't Going To Drink No More)
7. Birmingham Jail
8. Old Riley
9. Julie Ann Johnson
10. It's Tight Like That
11. 4, 5 And 9
12. Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?
13. Jail House Blues
14. Well, You Know I Had To Do It
15. Irene (Goodnight Irene)
16. Story Of The 25 Cent Dude
17. How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
18. Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
19. Hesitation Blues
20. I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon

1. Digging My Potatoes
2. Springtime In The Rockies
3. Chinatown
4. Rock Island Line
5. Backwater Blues
6. Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
7. Irene (Goodnight Irene)
8. Easy, Mr. Tom
9. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
10. I'm Alone Because I Love You
11. House Of The Rising Sun
12. Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
13. Talk About Fannin Street
14. Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
15. Sugar'd Beer
16. Didn't Old John Cross The Water?
17. Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out
18. Bully Of The Town
19. Sweet Jenny Lee
20. Yellow Gal
21. He Was The Man
22. We're In The Same Boat, Brother
23. Leaving Blues

[edit] Leadbelly: Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (1934-1935) (2005)

1. Julie Ann Johnson (126-A-1)
2. Julie Ann Johnson (242-B-3)
3. Boll Weevil (273-A-1)
4. Baby, Don't You Love Me No More?
5. Irene (124-B-1)
6. Julie Ann Johnson (240-A-4)
7. Julie Ann Johnson (250-B-2)
8. Alberta
9. Kansas City Papa (Take 1)
10. Red River Blues
11. Julie Ann Johnson (239-A-3)
12. Salty Dog (45-B)
13. Thirty Days In The Workhouse (53-B)
14. You Can't Lose Me, Charlie
15. Matchbox Blues
16. You Cain' Loose-A-Me Cholly (126-A-2)
17. Take A Whiff On Me (126-A-3)
18. Dance Calls (252-A-1)
19. Ella Speed (54-A)
20. New Black Snake Moan
21. Death Letter Blues - Part 1 (Take 1)
22. Death Letter Blues - Part 2 (Take 1)
23. My Friend Blind Lemon
24. Irene (124-A-2)
25. Mr. Tom Hughes' Town (236-B-3)
26. C.C. Rider
27. Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
28. Bull Cow

[edit] Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 2 (1935) (2005)

1. Ella Speed (54-B)
2. The Shreveport Jail (133-B)
3. Mr Tom Hughes Town (137-A)
4. Matchbox Blues (141-B)
5. Old Man Settin' In The Corner Dyin' (142-B-2)
6. Frankie And Albert (127-A)
7. Mary Don't You Weep (131-B-1)
8. Death Letter Blues (132-A)
9. Western Cowboy (135-B)
10. Blind Lemon Blues (136-B)
11. Mr Tom Hughes Town (137-B-1)
12. The Maid Freed From The Gallows (139-A-2)
13. Blues I Got Make A New-Born Baby Cry (47-B)
14. Got A Gal In Town With Her Mouth Chock Full Of Gold (130-B)
15. Frankie And Albert
16. Way Over In The Promised Land (131-B-2)
17. Midnight Special (133-A)
18. You Cain' Loose-A-Me Cholly (137-B-2)
19. Green Corn (139-A-1)
20. Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In (142-B-1)
21. Po' Howard (139-B)

[edit] Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 3 (1935) (2005)

1. Ha-Ha This-A-Way (49-A)
2. What's You Goin' Do With Your Long Tall Daddy? (146-B)
3. Frankie And Albert (148-A)
4. Pick A Bale O' Cotton (150-B-1)
5. Elnora (150-B-2)
6. Ha-Ha This-A-Way (145-A)
7. Dear Old Daddy (Interpreting Jimmy Rogers) (In 4 Parts) (145-B-1/-2/-3/-4)
8. Dick Licker's Holler (147-A)
9. Governor O.K. Allen (46-A)
10. In Dem Long Hot Summer Days (50-A)
11. De Kalb Blues (144-B)
12. Billy In The Lowlands / Here Rattler Here (147-B)
13. Alabama Bound (49-B)
14. I'm Gonna Hold It In Her While She's Young And Tender (146-A)
15. Frankie And Albert (148-B)
16. Send Down Your Hand (149-A)
17. Shorty George (149-B)
18. I'm All Out And Down (144-A)

[edit] Leadbelly Arc & Library Of Congress Recordings Vol. 4 (1935-1938) (2005)

1. Whoa Back Buck (Whoa Goddam) (2 Parts) (154-B)
2. All Out And Down (995-B-3)
3. Raccoon Up The 'simmon Tree (996-A-2)
4. He's Just The Same Today (2020-A)
5. The Grey Goose (155-B)
6. I'm All Out And Down (156-B)
7. Polly-Polly-Wee (993-A-2)
8. Last Night In The Evening (994-A)
9. Rock Of Ages (2023-A)
10. Dick Licker's Holler (154-A)
11. Billy In The Low Ground (155-A)
12. I Walked Her And Talked Her (157-B-1)
13. Somethin', Somethin' Keeps-A-Worrin' Me (994-B)
14. Hello Central (996-A-1)
15. Julie Ann Johnson (998-A-2)
16. Leaving On The Morning Train (2501-B)
17. Send Down Your Hand (151-B)
18. Death Letter Blues (152-A)
19. Death Letter Blues (Fragments) (152-B)
20. Frankie And Albert (157-A)
21. Gwine Dig A Hole (993-A-1)
22. Jawbone Walk (993-A-3)

[edit] Leadbelly Vol. 1 (1939-1940) (2005)

1. De Kalb Blues
2. The Gallis P**E
3. Midnight Special
4. Good Morning Blues
5. Red Cross Store Blues
6. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
7. Poor Howard / Green Corn
8. Whoa Back, Buck
9. Frankie And Albert - First Half
10. Looky Looky Yonder / Black Betty / Yellow Woman's Door Bells (On A Monday)
11. The Bourgeois Blues
12. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
13. Alabama Bound
14. Rock Island Line
15. Leaving Blues
16. T.B. Blues
17. Roberta
18. Alberta
19. I'm On My Last Go-Round
20. Daddy I'm Coming Back To You (Take 3)
21. Shorty George (Take 2)
22. Fannin Street
23. Frankie And Albert - Completion
24. The Boll Weevil
25. Ain't Goin' Down To The Well No Mo' / Go Down Old Hannah

[edit] Leadbelly Vol. 2 (1940-1943) (2005)

1. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?
2. Stew Ball
3. Ha Ha Thisaway
4. Little Sally Walker
5. Old Man
6. Easy Rider
7. New York City
8. Take This Hammer
9. Rock Island Line
10. Corn Bread Dough
11. Ain't You Glad
12. Worried Blues
13. Grey Goose
14. Can't You Line 'em
15. Redbird
16. Ol' Riley
17. On A Monday
18. How Long
19. Good Morning Blues
20. You Can't Lose-A Me Cholly
21. Ham An' Eggs
22. Christmas Song
23. Skip To My Lou
24. You Can't Lose Me Cholly
25. Take This Hammer
26. Haul Away, Joe
27. John Henry
28. (Good Night) Irene (Take 1)
29. (Good Night) Irene

[edit] Leadbelly Vol. 3 (1939-1947) (2005)

1. Noted Rider / Big Fat Woman / Borrow Love And Go
2. Meeting At The Building / Talking Preaching / We Shall Walk Through The Valley
3. Roberta
4. Bill Brady
5. When The Boys Were Out On The Western Plains
6. Skip To My Lou / Christmas Day (It's Almost Day)
7. Outskirts Of Town
8. Leadbelly's Dance
9. Fiddler's Dream / Yallow Gal / Green Corn
10. Bring Me Lil Water Silvy / Julia Ann Johnson / Line 'em / Whoa Back Buck
11. In New Orleans
12. I've A Pretty Flowers
13. Little Sally Walker / Ha Ha Thisaway / Red Bird
14. Blind Lemon (Memorial Record)
15. Yellow Gal
16. Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard
17. John Hardy
18. (What Are) Little Boys (Made Of) / Let Me Hold Your Hand (All For You) / Polly W
19. Red River / Black Girl (In The Pines) / Don't Miss Your Water Blues
20. Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
21. Cow Cow Yicky Yea / Out On The Western Plains
22. John Hardy
23. Don't Lie Buddy
24. How Do You Know / Don't Mind The Weather
25. Mo' Yet / (Little Boy) How Old Are You / There's A Limb On The Tree (Green Grass
26. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

[edit] Leadbelly Vol. 4 (1939-1947) (2005)

1. In The Evenin' When The Sun Goes Down
2. We Shall Be Free
3. Take This Hammer
4. Irene
5. Bourgeois Blues
6. Corn Bread Rough
7. Western Plain
8. Easy Rider (See See Rider)
9. Red Bird
10. Line 'em
11. Jim Crow Blues
12. Mr. Hitler
13. Children's Blues (Little Children's Blues)
14. Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea
15. Tell Me Baby
16. Keep Your Hands Off Her
17. T.B. Blues
18. Jean Harlow
19. National Defense Blues
20. The Blood Done Sign My Name (Ain't You Glad)
21. Ella Speed
22. On A Christmas Day
23. Backwater Blues
24. Eagle Rock Rag
25. There's A Man Going Round Taking Names
26. Army Life
27. Juliana Johnson
28. Rock Island Line
29. The Eagle Rocks

[edit] Leadbelly Vol. 5 (1938-1942) (2005)

1. John Henry (2503-B)
2. Eva (2504-B)
3. Soldier In The Army Of My Lord (4471-A-4[A])
4. Must I Be Carried To The Sky On Flowered Beds Of Ease? (4471-B-10)
5. Don't You Love Me No More? (4473-A-4)
6. The Gallows Song (4473-B-2)
7. Bottle Up And Go (4472-B-3)
8. Bottle Up And Go (Fragment) (4473-B-5)
9. T.B. Blues (6502-B-1)
10. Scottsboro Boys (2502-A-1)
11. Meeting At The Building (4471-A-1)
12. Witness For My Lord (4471-A-4)
13. Outshine The Sun (4471-A-5)
14. Way Over In The Promised Land (4471-B-2)
15. Ham And Eggs (4473-B-4)
16. Last Night In The Evening (4469-A-1)
17. When That Train Comes Along (4471-A-2)
18. The Blood Done Sign My Name (4471-A-3)
19. How Long
20. Noted Rider Blues (2502-B-1)
21. John Henry (2504-A)

[edit] Leadbelly Vol. 6 (1947) (2005)

1. Gray Goose
2. Moaning
3. Black Girl
4. On A Monday (I'm Almost Done)
5. Duncan (And Brady)
6. Old Riley
7. Turn Yo' Radio On
8. Howard Hughes
9. New York City
10. Eagle Rock Rag (Live)
11. Laura
12. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
13. Meeting At The Building
14. Sukey Jump (Win'jammer)
15. Borrow Love And Go
16. Shorty George
17. The Gallis P**E
18. Yellow Gal
19. You Can't Lose Me Cholly
20. Leaving Blues
21. Bring Me A Little Water Silvy (Sylvie)
22. We Shall Walk Through The Valley
23. Blind Lemon (Song)
24. Pigmeat
25. No Good Rider
26. Good Mornin' Blues
27. Good Morning Blues
28. Take This Hammer
29. Irene, Good Night
30. Cotton Song
31. Ha Ha This Way
32. Rock Island Line
33. Leavin' Blues (Leavin' In The Morning)
34. If It Wasn't For Dicky
35. Black Betty / Old Man / On A Monday
36. I'm Leavin' On The Morning Train
37. Big Fat Woman
38. Jean Harlow

[edit] Leadbelly Vol. 7 (1947-1949) (2005)

1. Green Corn ("This Is Jazz" Broadcast)
2. It Was Soon One Morning
3. Birmingham Jail (Down In The Valley)
4. Come And Sit Down Beside Me
5. Ha, Ha This A Way
6. You Can't Lose A Me, Charlie
7. John Henry ("This Is Jazz" Broadcast)
8. Tell Me Baby What Was Wrong With You
9. Take A Whiff On Me
10. Ox Driving Moan
11. Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
12. Whoa Back Buck
13. Rooster Crows At Midnight (Christmas Day)
14. Parting Song (When You Smile-O)
15. I Will Be So Glad When I Get Home
16. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
17. Shout On (Honey I'm All Out And Down)
18. Take This Hammer
19. It Was Early One Mornin' (Jail House Blues)
20. Ain't Gonna Let You Worry My Life No More (Wnyc Jazz Festival)
21. Pretty Papa (Wnyc Jazz Festival)
22. Old Ship Of Zion
23. Noted Rider
24. John Henry
25. Go Down, Old Hannah
26. Goin' Back To Mary (If I Had You Governor / Governor Pat Neff)
27. Skip To My Lou
28. Good Morning Blues (Wnyc Jazz Festival)

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[edit] Other Songs

1. Linin' Track
2. Midnight Special (Version 2)
3. Southern Flood Blues

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