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Jun 01, 2025 09:56am

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" Alberta" is the title of several traditional blues songs.<h2> </h2><h2>Lead Belly song</h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Huddie_Ledbetter_(Leadbelly)_and_Martha_Promise_Ledbetter,_Wilton,_Conn..jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Huddie_Ledbetter_%28Leadbelly%29_and_Martha_Promise_Ledbetter%2C_Wilton%2C_Conn..jpg/220px-Huddie_Ledbetter_%28Leadbelly%29_and_Martha_Promise_Ledbetter%2C_Wilton%2C_Conn..jpg" height="170" width="220"></a>Lead Belly and his wife Martha Promise Ledbetter in February 1935<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lead Belly</a> recorded four different version of "Alberta". One of these was recorded in New York on January 23, 1935 (for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARC_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ARC Records</a>, which did not issue it), and a similar version was recorded in New York on June 15, 1940 (included on Leadbelly: Complete Recorded Works, vol. 1, 1 April 1939 to 15 June 1940).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_(blues)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> Another version, recorded in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton,_Connecticut" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wilton, Connecticut</a>, on January 20, 1935, included the lyrics "Take me, Alberta, take me down in your rocking chair"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_(blues)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> and is included on Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In (Rounder Records, Library of Congress Recordings, vol. 2). Lead Belly's fourth recorded version survives on recording disc BC-122 of the Mary Elizabeth Barnicle–Tillman Cadle Collection at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_University" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">East Tennessee State University</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_(blues)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> recorded near the date of June 15, 1948, with which several related discs are labeled.<h2>Wheeler 1944 song</h2>Mary Wheeler, in her Steamboatin' Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era (Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1944), records a song she collected from Gabriel "Uncle Gabe" Hester, with the lyrics:Alberta, let yo' hair hang low,Alberta, let yo' hair hang low,I'll give you mo' gold than yo' apron will hold,Ef you'll jes' let yo' hair hang low.Alberta, what's on yo' mind?Alberta, what's on yo' mind?You keep me worried, you keep me bothered, all the time.Alberta, what's on yo' mind?Alberta, don't you treat me unkind,Alberta, don't you treat me unkind,'Cause I'm worried, 'cause I'm bothered, all the time.Alberta, don't you treat me unkind.Wheeler also reports Hester's reminiscences of the steamboat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">work songs</a> he had sung as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roustabout" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">roustabout</a> in his younger days. However, Wheeler's account does not explicitly give any evidence for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_McGuinn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Roger McGuinn</a>'s statement that, "This is a song sung by the stevedores who worked on the Ohio River."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_(blues)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a>The song became popular in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_folk_music_revival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American folk music revival</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gibson_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Gibson</a> recorded it for his Carnegie Concert (1957), and it was included on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_Out!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sing Out!</a>, vol. 8, no. 3 (1959).</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Silverman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Silverman</a>, Folk Blues, vol. 1 (c. 1959)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl_Ives" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Burl Ives</a>, with the title "Lenora, Let Your Hair Hang Down, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Versatile_Burl_Ives!_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Versatile Burl Ives!</a> (1961)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Mitchell_Trio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chad Mitchell Trio</a>, At the Bitter End (1962)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odetta" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Odetta</a>, under the title "Roberta," <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odetta_Sings_Folk_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Odetta Sings Folk Songs</a> (1963)</li><li>Valentine Pringle, I Hear America Singing (1963)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernell_Roberts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pernell Roberts</a>, Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (1963)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Project" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blues Project</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_The_Cafe_Au_Go_Go" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Live at The Cafe Au Go Go</a> (1966, recorded live 1965)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doc Watson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbound_(Doc_Watson_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Southbound</a> (1966)</li><li>Actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Martin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kiel Martin</a> played a soulful version of this song in the Season 6 episode entitled "Hell Wind" of the American Western TV series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virginian_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Virginian</a>, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, in 1968. Aside from this television episode, the performance remains unreleased on music media.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bob Dylan</a>, two versions, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_Portrait_(Bob_Dylan_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Self Portrait</a> (1970)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Clapton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowhand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Slowhand</a> (1977) & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unplugged_(Eric_Clapton_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unplugged</a> (1992)</li></ul>