Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs

Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. Tracks include Stewball, Lining Track, and On a Monday. "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." — Boston Globe "...[Lead Belly's] powerful, fluid baritone and brilliant 12-string playing have a clarity never heard on older records...emotional singing...[and] deeply banked political fires..." -- Boston Globe

Track Listing

Audio Player 101	There’s a Man Going around Taking Names	Leadbelly	01:26
Audio Player 102	Stewball	Leadbelly with Cisco Houston and Woody Guthrie	02:30
Audio Player 103	Keep Your Hands off Her	Leadbelly with Brownie McGhee and Pops Foster	02:53
Audio Player 104	Good-Good-Good (Talking, Preaching) / We Shall Walk Thru the Valley	Leadbelly	02:13
Audio Player 105	Lining Track	Leadbelly	01:13
Audio Player 106	Outskirts of Town	Leadbelly with Sonny Terry	02:42
Audio Player 107	We Shall Be Free	Leadbelly	02:36
Audio Player 108	The Blood Done Sign My Name (Ain't You Glad)	Leadbelly	02:21
Audio Player 201	On A Monday	Leadbelly	01:50
Audio Player 202	Jean Harlow	Leadbelly	01:42
Audio Player 203	Corn Bread Rough	Leadbelly	02:09
Audio Player 204	National Defense Blues	Leadbelly	03:02
Audio Player 205	Little Children's Blues	Leadbelly	02:29
Audio Player 206	Fiddler's Dram	Leadbelly	02:30
Audio Player 207	Meeting at the Building	Leadbelly	01:00