• Lead Belly Classics Collection / Songbook - Sheet Music

Lead Belly Classics Words, Melody Line, and Chord Symbols Collection / Songbook - Sheet Music

This songbook is a fitting tribute to an icon of American music. It features biographical information and a detailed discography, along with 42 of his classic songs divided into sections: Dance Songs, Prison and Work Songs, Blues, Ballads, and Kids' Songs. Songs include: Black Betty * Boll Weevil * Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) * Goodnight, Irene * Jim Crow * Midnight Special * Polly Wee (The Frog Song) * Rock Island Line * So Doggone Soon (Angola Blues) * When I Was a Cowboy (Western Plains) (Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea) * You Know I Got to Do It * and more.

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Summary
Genres:
Blues Folk
UPC:
888680735067
ISBN:
9781540023674
Format:
Collection / Songbook
Item types:
Physical
Usages:
School and Community
Size:
9.0x12.0 inches
Number of Pages:
48
Shipping Weight:
0.94 pounds
Detailed Description
Melody/Lyrics/Chords

SKU: HL.267798

Words, Melody Line, and Chord Symbols. By Lead Belly. Richmond Music - Folios. Blues, Folk. Softcover. 48 pages.

ISBN 9781540023674. UPC: 888680735067. 9.0x12.0 inches.

This songbook is a fitting tribute to an icon of American music. It features biographical information and a detailed discography, along with 42 of his classic songs divided into sections: Dance Songs, Prison and Work Songs, Blues, Ballads, and Kids' Songs. Songs include: Black Betty * Boll Weevil * Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) * Goodnight, Irene * Jim Crow * Midnight Special * Polly Wee (The Frog Song) * Rock Island Line * So Doggone Soon (Angola Blues) * When I Was a Cowboy (Western Plains) (Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea) * You Know I Got to Do It * and more.

Song List

  • Ain' Goin' Down To The Well No Mo'

  • Alberta

  • Black Betty

  • Boll Weevil

  • Bourgeois Blues

  • Bring Me Li'l' Water, Silvy

  • Christmas Is Coming (Almost Day) (Chickens Crowin' For Midnight) (Santa Claus Is Coming)

  • Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)

  • De Kalb Blues

  • Ella Speed

  • Fort Worth And Dallis Blues

  • The Gallis Pole

  • Go Down, Ol' Hannah

  • Good Mornin' Blues

  • Goodnight, Irene

  • Green Corn

  • The Grey Goose

  • Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In (Fiddlers Dram)

  • Ha, Ha, Thisaway

  • Jim Crow

  • Keep Your Hands Off Her

  • Leavin' Blues

  • Lining Track (Can't You Line 'Em) (Line 'Em)

  • Looky Yonder, Where The Sun Done Gone

  • Midnight Special

  • Mister Tom Hughes's Town (Fannin Street)

  • New York City

  • One Dollar Bill, Baby

  • Polly Wee (The Frog Song)

  • Po' Howard

  • Red River

  • Redbird

  • Roberta

  • Rock Island Line

  • Shorty George

  • Silver City Bound

  • So Doggone Soon (Angola Blues)

  • Stewball

  • When I Was A Cowboy (Western Plains) (Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea)

  • Where Did You Sleep Last Night

  • You Cain' Lose-A Me, Cholly

  • You Know I Got To Do It