• 1. There's a Man Going Around Taking Names
      • 2. Stewball
      • 3. Keep Your Hands Off Her
      • 4. Good, Good, Good (Talking, Preaching) / We Shall Walk Thru the Valley (medley)
      • 5. Linin' Track
      • 6. Outskirts of Town
      • 7. We Shall Be Free
      • 8. Ain't You Glad (Blood Done Signed My Name)
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      • 10. Jean Harlow
      • 11. Corn Bread Rough
      • 12. National Defense Blues
      • 13. Little Children's Blues
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      Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry. 

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