Lead Belly
1888 the year I was born
played the twelve-string guitar
made recordings while clapping my hands
or stomping my foot.
I wrote songs about people and monsters
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Adolf Hitler,
Jean Harlow, the Scottsboro Boys
Escaped prison once
and went back in
they say I killed someone over a women
Was pardoned and released after writing a song to Governor
Cotton Fields
I played and sang it
and CCR made it famous
Itās all lyric interpretation,
" I sang and played Gallis Pole,"
Jimmy Page heard it
and called it Gallows Pole
Itās all lyric interpretation,
Goodnight, Irene
I sang and played to women
Eric Clapton made a lot from it
Itās all lyric interpretation,
But
Out on the Western Plains
My name is Huddie William Ledbetter
I go by Lead Belly
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I Love It Bro!!..........what's impressive is that you wrote this in first person............your knowledge of the man is impressive as well............I thought "Robert Johnson" was great............this is even better...........I didn't know about the pardon by the governor..........wow!!...........this is like poetically historical documentation!!...........and you know how much I love the acoustic guitar.............I would love to get a look at your music collection..............great tribute to one of the most inspirational musicians ...........definitely a "Musicians, musician!!"............I can just hear him stompin' his foot as he played............smokin' grooves Mark!!.............Love and Rockets!!............T xo
Tony\ you know it cracks me up ......how these guys in this time period..were basicly true starving artists and did not care...glad u liked it....