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Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In: The Library Of Congress Recordings, Vol.2,Leadbelly

- Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In: The Library Of Congress Recordings, Vol.2
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Leadbelly
Released 1991

The Bourgeois Blues
05:37
82 plays

Becky Dean
03:45
71 plays

Green Corn
01:46
71 plays

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songs

- 1
- C.C. Rider
- 04:12
- 143 plays

- 2
- Governor Pat Neff
- 04:58
- 59 plays

- 3
- Becky Dean
- 03:45
- 71 plays

- 4
- Medicine Man
- 03:42
- 67 plays

- 5
- Alberta
- 04:46
- 56 plays

- 6
- Old Rattler
- 04:23
- 67 plays

- 7
- If It Wasn't For Dicky
- 03:58
- 64 plays

- 8
- Queen Mary
- 04:49
- 67 plays

- 9
- Turn Yo' Radio On
- 03:12
- 55 plays

- 10
- Mama, Did You Bring Any Silver?
- 06:25
- 60 plays

- 11
- The Bourgeois Blues
- 05:37
- 82 plays

- 12
- Po' Howard
- 01:20
- 50 plays

- 13
- Dance Calls (Includes 'One Dollar Bill, Baby')
- 01:47
- 53 plays

- 14
- Gwine Dig A Hole To Put The Devil In
- 01:36
- 68 plays

- 15
- Green Corn
- 01:46
- 71 plays

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album review

Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In is an excellent sampling of material from Leadbelly's early Library of Congress sessions, including versions of some of the first songs he ever learned, "Green Corn" and "Po' Howard," his song to Governor Neff that helped secure his release from a Texas prison in 1925, his first recorded version of "If It Wasn't for Dickie" (later transformed into "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine") -- the master of which is, alas, somewhat damaged -- and "C. C. Rider." ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide