Talking Guitar Blues... The Very Best Of...

~ Release by Lonnie Donegan (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Lost John
cover recording of:
Lost John
composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Lonnie Donegan
publisher:
Exile Publishing Ltd., Shalon Music and Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
2:44
2Stewball
cover recording of:
Skewball (aka Skewbald)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 456)
2:11
3Railroad Bill
cover recording of:
Railroad Bill
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music
2:22
4Bring a Little Water, Sylvie
cover recording of:
Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter and Paul Campbell
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11654)
2:28
5Dead or Alive
cover recording of:
Dead or Alive
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd. and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
2:31
6Wabash Cannonball
cover recording of:
Wabash Cannonball
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
1:59
7Nobody's Child
cover recording of:
Nobody’s Child
writer:
Cy Coben and Mel Foree
publisher:
Delmore Music Company and Sony/ATV Milene Music
4:57
8Frankie & Johnny
cover recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”)
publisher:
Hughie Cannon (in 1904) and Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
5:23
9Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
cover recording of:
Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O
composer:
Bill Varley and Wally Whyton
1:43
10Cumberland Gap
cover recording of:
Cumberland Gap
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
2:00
11Gamblin' Man
cover recording of:
Gamblin' Man
writer:
[traditional]
3:20
12Puttin' on the Style
cover recording of:
Puttin’ on the Style
composer:
[traditional]
3:36
13My Dixie Darling
cover recording of:
Dixie Darling
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15143)
3:04
14Jack O'Diamonds
cover recording of:
Jack o’ Diamonds
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 259)
2:50
15On a Monday
cover recording of:
On a Monday
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
2:38
16Mule Skinner Blues
cover recording of:
New Mule Skinner Blues (revised lyrics, first recorded by Bill Monroe ca. 1950)
lyricist:
George Vaughn
composer:
Jimmie Rodgers
publisher:
APRS
version of:
Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
4:47
17The Grand Coulee Dam
cover recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
2:39
18Sally, Don't You Grieve
cover recording of:
Sally Don't You Grieve
writer:
Woody Guthrie
2:14
19Betty, Betty, Betty
recording of:
Betty, Betty, Betty
composer:
Lonnie Donegan
3:04
20Lonesome Traveller
cover recording of:
Lonesome Traveler (“I’m (just) a Lonely and a Lonesome Traveller”)
lyricist and composer:
Lee Hays
publisher:
Essex Musikverlag and Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
2:54
21Light From the Lighthouse
cover recording of:
Light From the Lighthouse
composer:
[traditional]
2:15
22Lonnie's Skiffle Party Medley, Part 1
medley including a recording of:
Camptown Races
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster
medley including a recording of:
Knees Up Mother Brown
lyricist:
Harris Weston
composer:
Bert Lee
medley including a recording of:
Little Liza Jane
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
medley including a recording of:
Puttin’ on the Style
composer:
[traditional]
3:00
23Tom Dooley
cover recording of:
Tom Dooley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
3:19
24Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
cover recording of:
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Breuer
writer:
Marty Bloom and Billy Rose
version of:
Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?
2:48
25Fort Worth Jail
cover recording of:
Fort Worth Jail
lyricist and composer:
Dick Reinhardt
2:13
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