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1	Shout On	2:09
2	Little Children's Blues Guitar [Bottleneck] – Lead Belly*	2:30
3	Governor Pat Neff	3:39
4	Ain't Going Down To The Well No More	1:05
5	Go Down Old Hannah	2:04
6	Come And Sit Down Beside Me	1:02
7	How Long, How Long Vocals, Harmonica – Sonny TerryWritten-By – Leroy Carr	2:13
8	Old Man	2:35
9	John Henry Guitar – Brownie McGheeHarmonica – Sonny Terry	3:09
10	Jean Harlow	1:38
11	Birmingham Jail	1:48
12	Don't Sleep Too Long	2:04
13	It Was Early One Morning	2:22
14	Uncle Sam Says	2:13
15	If You Want To Do Your Part	2:39
16	National Defense Blues Bass – George "Pops" Foster*Guitar – Brownie McGheeHarmonica – Sonny TerryPiano – Willie "The Lion" Smith	3:12
17	Whoa Back Buck	2:09
18	Ham And Eggs Vocals, Guitar – Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie	2:46
19	Midnight Special Vocals, Guitar – Cisco HoustonVocals, Mandolin – Woody Guthrie	2:14
20	Grey Goose Vocals – Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie	1:34
21	Yellow Gal Vocals – Cisco HoustonVocals, Mandolin – Woody Guthrie	2:23
22	Green Corn Vocals, Guitar – Cisco HoustonVocals, Mandolin – Woody Guthrie	1:15
23	The Parting Song	2:52
24	Rooster Crows At Midnight	1:20
25	Skip To My Lou	1:29
26	More Yet / Little Boy How Old Are You / Green Grass Growing All Around Written-By [More Yet] – Huddie Ledbetter	2:50
27	What Little Boys Are Made Of / Polly Wee Written-By [Polly Wee] – Huddie Ledbetter	2:19
28	Ha Ha This A-Way	1:32
29	You Can't Lose Me, Cholly	1:32
30	It Was Soon One Morning	1:12
31	Take This Hammer	2:15
32	Pick A Bale Of Cotton Harmonica – Sonny TerryVocals, Guitar – Brownie McGhee	1:23

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
• Pressed By – Disctronics
• Mastered At – Airshow Mastering, Springfield, VA

Credits

• Arranged By – Huddie Ledbetter (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 11, 17, 21 to 24, 28, 30, 31)
• Coordinator – Mary Monseur, Michael Maloney
• Engineer [Nonoise Work] – Eric Conn
• Engineer [Nonoise Work], Mastered By – Charlie Pilzer
• Guitar – Lead Belly* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 32)
• Liner Notes, Compiled By – Jeff Place
• Liner Notes, Reissue Producer [Assistance] – Kip Lornell
• Photography By – Sean Killeen
• Recorded By – Frederic Ramsey Jr., Moses Asch
• Supervised By – Amy Horowitz, Anthony Seeger
• Transferred By [Acetate Transfers] – Jack Towers
• Transferred By [Acetate Transfers], Engineer [Sound & Technical Assistance] – Pete Reiniger
• Vocals – Lead Belly*
• Written-By – Huddie Ledbetter (tracks: 2 to 4, 10, 12 to 16, 29)

Notes

Recorded 1941-48, New York City.
Mastered at AirShow, Springfield, VA.
NoNoise work at AirShow, Springfield, VA.

℗© 1998 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
Manufactured in USA.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 9307-40105-2 5
• Matrix / Runout: 10/11/01 SFWCD40105 02 DISCTRONICS MADE IN THE USA
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L794
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 2D1B