MY NAME IS JOHN JOHANNA

Created on 20/09/2011
Latest update on 11/03/2024

Artist: Kelly Harrell
Author: traditional
Label: Victor
Year: 1927

Part of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. Also known as The State Of Arkansas, a minstrel show classic recorded by The Almanac Singers, Pete Seeger, Rosalie Sorrels, The Weavers and The New Lost City Ramblers.

Covers:

1963:

Bob Dylan [same melody in Long Time Gone]

1964:

Hamilton Camp [idem]

1965:

Odetta [idem]

1980:

Jerry Lee Lewis [as Arkansas]

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