taken from 'Folksongs and Ballads popular in Ireland - vol 1', 1979 by John Loesberg:One of America's legendary bluesman was a black singer named Huddie Ledbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly. Playing a homemade 12-string guitar he went around the southern states collecting and composing songs in his own inimitable style. 'Cottonballs at home', 'Bourgeois Blues' and this one were popular through him. The song has recently been adapted from it's original blues-style into a more flowing piece.
Angelus018(November 19, 2008 at 2:31 am)
cool ;) einfach klasse
LG305(November 19, 2008 at 2:29 am)
megan fox's favorite song according to popcardz ^^
jshaud12(November 18, 2008 at 11:30 pm)
amazing song. and the animals did do it first.
DarthLobster44(November 18, 2008 at 11:05 pm)
Gotta be my absolute favorite song of all time.Great version.
guitarubik(November 18, 2008 at 10:29 pm)
wrong. animals covered this from bob dylan, which covered it from a blues guitarist (not sure, but probably leadbelly).
muzzy335(November 18, 2008 at 10:20 pm)
there is no origanal my friend it is an old folk song, no one left living knows the writer
Belisarius83(November 18, 2008 at 9:31 pm)
animals
HanstheGermanButler(November 18, 2008 at 9:01 pm)
Theres so many covers, who did the original???
Slater071(November 18, 2008 at 8:59 pm)
Funny the regions of the three...The Animals - Newcastle (north east) The Beatles - Liverpool (north west) The Rolling Stones - London (south)
Completely different cultural cities in Britain and it told in their music.
