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I got a gal at the head of the creek,
Goin' up to see her the middle of the week,
Kiss her on the

CHORUS:
Hey, get out of the way for Old Dan Tucker
Too late to get his supper,
Supper

Cocaine habit mighty bad
It's the worst old habit that I ever had
Hey, hey, Honey take a whiff on

Recorded on May 17, 1930. Hattie Hart sings the lead with Will Shade on harp, Tee Wee Blackman on gu

Stealin', stealin', pretty mama don't you tell on me
I'm stealin' back to my same old used to be

This is the first recording of this song, which has since been recorded by everyone from

The judge decreed it, clerk he wrote it,
The clerk he wrote it down indeed-eh,
The judge decreed i

Recorded on September 20, 1928 presumably in Memphis. The lineup is the same as on "Minglewood Blues

Don't you never let one woman rule your mind
Don't you never let one woman rule your mind
Said she

There is an interesting breakdown of the history of this song in the folk tradtion at the

Oh brother Green, oh come to me,
For I am shot and bleeding,
Now I must die, no more to see,
My w

This amazingly haunting piece grabs the listener by the heart and dares them not to shed a tear for

I am a roving gambler,
I gambled down in town,
Whereever I () for the sake of the cards I'll lie m

An old traditional song described on the record label as a "Mountaineer's Song with violin and guita

Had a little gal and her name was Sally Goodin,
Asked her to marry me and then she said she wouldn'

Great mouth harp work on this 1929 recording of the traditional folk tune "Sally Goodin" by Obed "Da

We'll met we'll met said an old true love
We'll met we'll met said he
I'm just returning from the

Recorded on April 14, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia. This ballad was collected by Child as "The Daemon Lo