Complete Recorded Works 1939–1947 in Chronological Order: Volume 5, 27 October 1944 to October 1946

Compilation by Lead Belly

Released 1994

1
Sweet Mary Blues
2:59
2
Grasshoppers in My Pillow
2:50
3
Irene, Goodnight
1:26
4
John Henry
4:03
5
Boll Weevil
3:24
6
When a Man’s a Long Way From Home
3:04
7
Good Morning Blues
2:55
8
By and by When the Morning Comes
1:54
9
Medley: a) Everytime I Feel the Spirit / b) Swing Low Sweet Chariot / c) They Hung Him on the Cross
3:27
10
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
1:06
11
Rock Island Line
2:34
4.0 ★
12
Julie Ann Johnson
3:20
13
Haul Away Joe
2:23
14
Christmas Is Coming
1:08
15
We’re in the Same Boat Brother
2:42
16
Diggin’ My Potatoes
2:37
17
Defense Blues
3:20
18
Easy Rider
2:51
19
Pigmeat
2:20
20
John Henry
2:24
21
Alabama Bound
2:26
22
Ham and Eggs
2:46
23
Yellow Gal
2:27
24
Stew Ball
2:31
25
Gray Goose
1:37
26
Midnight Special
2:17
27
Green Corn
1:18
28
Fiddler’s Dram
2:27

Brownie McGhee
guitar [16-20]
Cisco Houston
guitar [21-28], vocal [21-28]
George "Pops" Foster
double bass [16-19]
Lead Belly
acoustic guitar [1-2], arranger [9], guitar [1-7, 7-11, 11-28], vocal [1-7, 7-11, 11-28]
Paul Mason Howard
guest [1-2], zither [1-2]
Sonny Terry
harmonica [17-18, 20]
The Golden Gate Quartet
guest [11], vocal [11]
Willie “The Lion” Smith
piano [16-20]
Woody Guthrie
guitar [21-28], vocal [21-28]
[unknown]
background vocals [3-15], clarinet [3-15], percussion [3-15], piano [3-15], tenor saxophone [3-15], trumpet [3-15]