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DISC: 1

1. Midnight Special

2. The Gallis Pole

3. Dekalb Blues

4. John Hardy

5. Goodnight Irene

6. The Bourgeois Blues

7. Pretty Flower in Your Backyard

8. Borrow Love ; Go

9. Big Fat Woman

10. Julie Ann Johnson

11. Be So Glad When I Get Home

12. Old Ship Zion

13. I Don't Want No More Army Life

14. Ella Louise

15. Backwater Blues

16. Rock Island Line

17. Mary and Martha

18. Go Down Old Hannah

19. Goodnight Irene

20. Ho-Day / Ain't Going Down to the Well No More

21. Rock Island Line

22. Go Down Old Hannah

23. Shine on Me

24. What Can I Do to Change Your Mind

25. Skip to My Lou

26. Mary and Martha

27. C'est Bon, Les Oeufs (Scrambled Egg Song)

28. Whoa Back Buck

29. John Henry

30. Blackwater Blues

31. Ella Lousie

32. I Don't Want No More of Army Life

33. Relax Your Mind

34. Goodnight Irene (Version 2)

35. Old Ship of Zion

36. I Will Be So Glad When I Get Home

37. Old Black Crow

38. Jean Harlow

39. Borrow Love Blues

40. Good Morning Blues

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A 2 CD / 40 Track Limited Edition Release - Only 1500 Units Pressed Cover Artwork By Award Winning Artist Joe Ciardiello Liner Notes By Musicologist Bill Dahl The richness of his legacy is shown to it's full extent in this superb 2 CD Limited Edition collection called Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs. The Telegraph called this collection "Brilliant." It includes two CDs covering over two hours of music, over 40 tracks. Disc one represents his most famous master recordings. Six of the "live performances" on disc 2 are previously unreleased from New York Radio sessions in 1948. The other live tracks are from Austin and Chicago in 1949. Only 1500 units have been pressed for this Compact Disc Release.

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