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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

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

Old Dan Tucker! Take your partners. One Tucker over here, one over ther, c'mon boys...

Judge Sturdy and his "Orchestra" (a small string band) play the traditional country dance tune "Old

Quadrille! Take your partners boys, c'mon...

It's funny how impatient the caller sounds in these recordings. "C'mon boys, shake a leg!"

Judge

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

A great example of a jug-band harmonica tune to learn.

Recorded on September 5, 1928 in Memphis.

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

Traditional "Mountain Dance Music" tune, recorded March 23, 1926 by the Blue Ridge Highballers ("led