Artist: Billy Golden
Author: traditional
Label: Berliner
Year: 1899
Coon song.
Covers:
Gid Tanner [as Big Ball In Town]
Al Hopkins [as Roll On The Ground]
Thaddeus Willingham [idem; for the L.o.C.]
Hoyle Nix [as Big Ball's In Cowtown; that's the nickname for Fort Worth, TX]
Bill Clifton [bluegrass version]
Tom Paley [as Roll On The Ground]
Bob Wills [as Big Balls In Cowtown]
Kingston Trio [as Big Ball In Town]
Stringbean [as Big Ball In Nashville, just as with Thaddeus Willingham]
Del McCoury [as Big Ball In Boston]
Waylon Jennings [as Big Ball In Cowtown]
George Strait [idem]
Asleep At The Wheel [idem; crediting Hoyle Nix, fiddler with the Texas Playboys]
Don Walser [idem]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)