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A Lesson In History by Lead Belly • Jukebox

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A Lesson In History

by Lead Belly · from The Minneapolis Private Party (November 21st 1948)

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Review by Mira Okafor★★★★Sample

There's a version of me before this album and one after, and the after one is insufferable about it.

4.0K likes

Review by DeShawn Price★★★★Sample

The bass on “A Lesson In History” should be studied in universities.

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Tracklist

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1
Nobody In the World Is Better Than Us
sample avg 3.8
0:30
2
Story
sample avg 3.5
2:06
3
Jim Crow
sample avg 3.5
2:35
4
The Gallis Pole
sample avg 3.9
3:46
5
Samuel Hall
sample avg 3.4
2:29
6
Jean Harlow
sample avg 3.6
2:44
7
I Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More
sample avg 3.7
2:02
8
Mississippi River
sample avg 3.4
2:38
9
Fannin Street
sample avg 3.2
4:28
10
Dicky
sample avg 3.6
0:22
11
Old Black Cow
sample avg 3.4
1:50
12
Pig Latin Song
sample avg 4.1
0:59
13
Hawaiian Song
sample avg 3.0
1:42
14
John Henry
sample avg 3.1
3:15
15
Goodnight, Irene
sample avg 3.8
0:24
16
The Grey Goose
sample avg 2.9
1:03
17
Ain't It a Shame
sample avg 4.0
1:45
18
Stewball
sample avg 3.1
3:34
19
Bourgeois Blues
sample avg 3.8
4:05
20
Governer Pat Neff
sample avg 4.2
6:06
21
Governer O.K. Allen
sample avg 3.1
4:38
22
A Lesson In History
sample avg 3.9
1:55
23
Lake Superior
sample avg 3.3
1:18
24
Mississippi River (No. 2)
sample avg 3.2
1:39
25
Down In Louisiana
sample avg 3.5
1:50
26
Goodnight Irene (Sung With Little Girl)
sample avg 3.2
2:26

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Review by Priya Raman★★★½Sample

I respect it more than I love it. “A Lesson In History” is undeniable though.

2.0K likes

Review by Jules Archer★★★★Sample

Lead Belly really said 'let me ruin your whole week' and then did it beautifully.

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Review by Tomasz W.★★★Sample

the highs are high but it sags in the middle. still coming back for “A Lesson In History” though.

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