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

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Lost John cover recording of: Lost John composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Lonnie Donegan publisher: Exile Publishing Ltd., Shalon Music and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)		2:44
2	Stewball cover recording of: Stew Ball lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) cover recording of: Stewball lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) translator: Hugues Aufray and Pierre Delanoë part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 456) translated version of: Skewball (aka Skewbald)	4	2:11
3	Railroad Bill cover recording of: Railroad Bill writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)		2:22
4	Bring a Little Water, Sylvie recording of: Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie writer: Huddie William Ledbetter and Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11654) cover recording of: Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie writer: Huddie William Ledbetter and Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11654)	4	2:28
5	Dead or Alive cover recording of: Dead or Alive lyricist and composer: Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) publisher: TRO Essex Music Ltd. and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.		2:31
6	Wabash Cannonball cover recording of: Wabash Cannonball composer: A.P. Carter and William Kindt publisher: APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)		1:59
7	Nobody's Child cover recording of: Nobody’s Child composer: Cy Coben and Mel Foree		4:57
8	Frankie & Johnny cover recording of: Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert") publisher: Carl Sandburg (in 1927) writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254) is based on: You’re My Baby version of: Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)		5:23
9	Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O cover recording of: Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O composer: Bill Varley and Wally Whyton		1:43
10	Cumberland Gap cover recording of: Cumberland Gap lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)		2:00
11	Gamblin' Man cover recording of: Gamblin' Man writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:20
12	Puttin' on the Style cover recording of: Puttin’ on the Style composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:36
13	My Dixie Darling cover recording of: My Dixie Darlin’		3:04
14	Jack O'Diamonds cover recording of: Jack O' Diamonds lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 259) recording of: Jack O’ Diamonds lyricist: Ben Carruthers and Bob Dylan composer: Troy Kennedy Martin		2:50
15	On a Monday cover recording of: On a Monday writer: Huddie William Ledbetter composer: Lead Belly publisher: TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.		2:38
16	Mule Skinner Blues cover recording of: New Mule Skinner Blues (revised lyrics, first recorded by Bill Monroe ca. 1950) lyricist: George Vaughn composer: Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) publisher: APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) version of: Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)		4:47
17	The Grand Coulee Dam recording of: Grand Coulee Dam writer: Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381) cover recording of: Grand Coulee Dam writer: Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)		2:39
18	Sally, Don't You Grieve cover recording of: Sally Don't You Grieve writer: Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)	4	2:14
19	Betty, Betty, Betty recording of: Betty, Betty, Betty composer: Lonnie Donegan		3:04
20	Lonesome Traveller cover recording of: Lonesome Traveler (“I’m (just) a Lonely and a Lonesome Traveller”) lyricist and composer: Lee Hays publisher: Folkways Music Publishers Inc.		2:54
21	Light From the Lighthouse cover recording of: Light From the Lighthouse composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		2:15
22	Lonnie's Skiffle Party Medley, Part 1 medley including a recording of: Camptown Races lyricist and composer: Stephen Foster (composer) 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] (special purpose artist) medley including a recording of: Puttin’ on the Style composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		3:00
23	Tom Dooley cover recording of: Tom Dooley lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)	4	3:19
24	Does 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 (US bluegrass musician) version of: Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?		2:48
25	Fort Worth Jail cover recording of: Fort Worth Jail lyricist and composer: Dick Reinhardt		2:13

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