ROLL ON DE GROUND

Created on 08/09/2004
Latest update on 13/04/2024

Artist: Billy Golden
Author: traditional
Label: Berliner
Year: 1899

Coon song.

Covers:

1927:

Gid Tanner [as Big Ball In Town]

1927:

Al Hopkins [as Roll On The Ground]

1940s:

Thaddeus Willingham [idem; for the L.o.C.]

1949:

Hoyle Nix [as Big Ball's In Cowtown; that's the nickname for Fort Worth, TX]

1952:

Bill Clifton [bluegrass version]

1955:

Tom Paley [as Roll On The Ground]

1959:

Bob Wills [as Big Balls In Cowtown]

1963:

Kingston Trio [as Big Ball In Town]

1964:

Stringbean [as Big Ball In Nashville, just as with Thaddeus Willingham]

1973:

Del McCoury [as Big Ball In Boston]

1976:

Waylon Jennings [as Big Ball In Cowtown]

1993:

George Strait [idem]

1994:

Asleep At The Wheel [idem; crediting Hoyle Nix, fiddler with the Texas Playboys]

1995:

Don Walser [idem]

2010:

Hot Club Of Cowtown

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