WAY DOWN IN ALABAMA
Created on 02/04/2010Latest update on 02/01/2023
Artist: Smyth County Ramblers
Author: Louis Staab
Label: Victor
Year: 1927
Plantation song written around 1889. The sad story of the courtship and forced parting of two slaves.
Covers:
- 1929:
Ballard Cross [as Lorainna]
- 1930:
Carter Family [as No More The Moon Shines On Lorena; crediting A.P. Carter]
- 1935:
Delmore Brothers [as Lorena The Slave]
- 1937:
Blue Sky Boys [as On The Old Plantation]
- 1938:
Joe & Alma (The Kentucky Girls) [as Lorena]
- 1979:
Alex Chilton [as No More The Moon Shines On Lorena on Like Flies On Sherbert]
- 1984:
Replacements [idem on When The Shit Hits The Fans]
