1080. Music To Shuck Corn To - Goodnight Irene (Traditional American)

Lew Dite put this up on his channel and got a copyright notification. As far as I know this song is in the public domain as it is traditional, and of unknown origin. We'll see what happens to it on my channel.

We were obviously singing this as dinner was being prepared.

The song was popularised by Lead Belly, whose 1936 Library of Congress recording received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. He claimed he learned it from his uncle. It may have been based on an 1886 pop song by Gussie L. Davis.

The Weavers' 1950 recording in New York City lasted 25 weeks on the charts, reaching No 1.

It has since been recorded by a number of artists, including Frank Sinatra (1950), Gene Autry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, Michelle Shocked, Bryan Ferry, Little Richard, Pete Seeger, The Irish Rovers, Peter, Paul & Mary, Mississippi John Hurt, Bob Hope, Nat King Cole, Odetta, Carl Perkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Lonnie Donegan, Robert Johnson, Chet Atkins, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, The Chieftains, Jimmy Buffett, Grateful Dead, The Pogues, Mitch Miller, John Sebastian and just about everybody else.

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Music

Tags:

• folk
• song
• leadbelly
• weavers
• love
• lewdite
• yoong
• maize

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[gmanplayer]

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing!!

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[raymondcrooke]

@Ottawarocket Yes, but if we go to Ottawa, it will probably be around 6th to 9th September.

[Ottawarocket]

@raymondcrooke That would be cool Raymond are you going to be back this way in August?

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@Ottawarocket Not sure if we'll have time, but anything's possible. Maybe we could do some songs together.