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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lead Belly
Vocals
Golden Gate Quartet
Performer
wille johnson
Vocals
William Langford
Vocals
Henry Owens
Vocals
Orlandus Wilson
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lead Belly
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Colin Escott
Reissue Producer
Barry Feldman
Reissue Producer
David Evans
Assistant Producer
Doug Pomeroy
Mastering Engineer
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Whoa back Buck - gee by the lamb
Who made the back band - whoa goddamn
18, 19--20 years ago
Took my gal to the country store
Took my gal to the country store
Buy m' pretty little gal little calico
Me and my gal walkin' down the road
Her knees knock together playin' "Sugar In The Gourd"
Sugar in the gourd and the gourd in the ground
If you want a little sugar got to roll the gourd around
My old man's good old man
Washed his face in a frying pan
Combed his hair with a wagon wheel
And died with a toothache in his heel
Papa loved mama - mama loved men,(three times)
Mama's in the graveyard and papa's in the pen
I gee to the mule but the mule wouldn't gee, (3 times)
So I hit him side the head with the single tree
I haw to the mule wouldn't haw, (3 times)
So I broke his back with my mother-in-law
(The above are the verses Art Thieme used to sing.)
Also recorded by Guy Carawan and Leadbelly
Eastbound train on the westbound track
Westbound train on the eastbound track
Both those trains were running fine
But what a terrible way to run a railroad line!
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Whoa, back, Buck, git over Paul
You steppin on my cotton, say, one and all
Whoa, back, Buck, git over Lamb
You steppin on my cottobn like you don't give a damn
I'm a rowdy soul, I'm a rowdy soul
Don't see a nigger in a mile or mo
Took my gal to the party-o
She sat on a steeple
She let a fart and broke my heart
And all over the people
Tell my wife when you go to the hills
I"m here workin at the sorghum mill
Last year was a good crop year
And everybody knowed it
Paw didn't raise but a bushel of corn
And some damn rascal stole it
I'm a rowdy soul, I'm a rowdy soul
I'm rowdy all around my red asshole
Writer(s): Huddie Ledbetter
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