Artist: Honeyboy & Sassafras
Author: traditional
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1930
Alias George Fields & Johnnie Wells. Lullaby doubling as worksong among levee workers along the Mississippi river. Roud #4653.
Covers:
Girls Of The Golden West [as You Get A Line And I'll Get A Pole]
Lone Star Cowboys [as Crawdad Song]
Lulu Belle & Scotty [as Sugar Babe]
Leroy Martin [as Crawdad; John A. Lomax recording]
Smokey Hogg [as Crawdad]
Burl Ives [as Crawdad Song]
Big Bill Broonzy [as Crawdad]
Jerry Lee Lewis [for Sun; released in '70]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)