Artist: Lead Belly
Author: Huddie Ledbetter
Label: Library Of Congress
Year: 1936
Had an aunt Silvy, married to a bossy husband.
Covers:
Lonnie Donegan [top 10 UK; claiming authorship just as he did with Rock Island Line; adopting Lead Belly's spoken introduction and all; role model for Ivan Heylen's De Werkmens ('73)]
Harry Belafonte [as Sylvie]
Spinners [the English folk band, not the American soul band]
Sweet Honey In The Rock [as Sylvie]
Leon & Eric Bibb [idem]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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