PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE AIR

Created on 01/02/2006
Latest update on 10/04/2024

Artist: Woody Guthrie
Author: Woody Guthrie
Label: (Smithsonian) Folkways
Year: 1951

With all this endless touring, Woody swore on the head of his children to write a new song for them any time he came back home. This one was reissued on cd Nursery Days and was first performed not only for his own kids, also for Anne Lomax, Alan's little girl. Using the melody of Peg An' Awl.

Covers:

1961:

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

1963:

Pete Seeger

2005:

Jan De Smet & Arne Van Dongen [as Steek Je Vinger In De Lucht in their children show Woody; translated by Frank Vander Linden; gave its title to the songbook that goes with it (Lannoo)]

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