Artist: Woody Guthrie
Author: Woody Guthrie
Label: Library Of Congress
Year: 1940
In Alan Lomax's radio series Folk School In The Air (CBS). Melody based upon The Ballad Of Billy The Kid, written by Rev. Andrew Jenkins, cut and popularized by Vernon Dalhart ('27). Woody recut it for Victor as Dusty Old Dust and re-adjusted the lyrics during the war years.
Covers:
Weavers with Gordon Jenkins [top 5 US; cover landing the Guthrie family $10.000]
Joan Baez & Pete Seeger [At the Hollywood Bowl]
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