Sings for Children

Leadbelly

Leadbelly / Sings for Children
Format: CD Album
Released: Tue 23 Mar 1999
Catalogue Number: 45047

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Description:
Personnel includes: Leadbelly (vocals, 12-string guitar); Oleander Quartet (vocals).

Engineers include: Moses Asch, Frederic Ramsey, Jr.

Recorded between 1941 and 1948. Includes liner notes by Jeff Place.

All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.

If the concept of a children's album fills you with unpleasant thoughts of Raffi or Barney the Dinosaur, fear not--LEADBELLY SINGS FOR CHILDREN is a delightful alternative.

Originally compiled in the '50s, some years after Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter's death, these 1941-1948 tracks highlight the playful folk side of Leadbelly's music. Many traditional folk songs, such as "Skip to My Lou" and "Blue-Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)" are thought of as kiddie music now, but to Leadbelly, they were no less important than supposedly more "adult" fare like his classic "Midnight Special" and the handful of gospel standards here. Hearing them collected together like this, the common bonds of these songs are self-evident. Even silly tunes like "The Pig Latin Song" have a depth and richness to them. LEADBELLY SINGS FOR CHILDREN is the rare children's album that'll get a lot of play even in kid-free homes.

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Track Listing:

1.  More Yet
2.  Boll Weevil
3.  Little Boy, How Old Are You?
4.  Skip to My Lou
5.  Red Bird
6.  Sally Walker
7.  Ha-Ha This-A-Way
8.  Grey Goose
9.  Christmas Is a-Coming
10.  Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie, Crack Corn)
11.  Polly Wee (The Frog Song)
12.  Pig Latin Song
13.  When a Man's a Long Way from Home
14.  Good Morning Blues
15.  By and By When the Morning Comes
16.  Every Time I Feel the Spirit / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / They Hung Him On the Cross
17.  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
18.  Rock Island Line
19.  Cotton Fields
20.  Old Man
21.  John Henry
22.  Julie Ann Johnson
23.  Whoa Back Buck
24.  You Can't Lose Me, Cholly
25.  Midnight Special
26.  Pick a Bale of Cotton
27.  Take This Hammer
28.  We're in the Same Boat, Brother

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