Old Dog Blue

General Information
Performer: Jim Jackson

Instrumentation: Guitar

Date of recording: 1928

Record label: Victor

Serial #:213878 (41827)

Summary
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "GOING BACK WHERE I COME FROM. WIFE DIED, LEFT BOUNTY, BLUE - TRUE. TREED POSSUM (IN/ON LOG, LIMB, NOAH'S ARK) HERE, RING, HERE. WHO HERE SINCE I GONE? GIRL WITH RED DRESS" (8)

Information On This Song
The tune of this Dance Song is traditional, but the words were (presumably) an original composition with the exception of the last part ("Who's been here since I've been gone?...").

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * Jim Jackson Vol. 1

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