Song

Outskirts of Town

by Leadbelly · from Leadbelly Vol. 3 1939-1947

1994Blues2:42Track 21

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Review by Nadia Haddad★★★★½Sample

Played this on a road trip and now every highway sounds like “Outskirts of Town”.

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Review by Jules Archer★★★★½Sample

Front half: perfect. Back half: also perfect. I'm annoyed.

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1
Cow Cow Yicky Yea / Out On the Western Plains
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3:11
2
Noted Rider / Big Fat Woman / Borrow Love and Go
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4:06
3
John Hardy
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4:19
4
Meeting At the Building / Talking Preaching / We Shall Walk Through the Valley
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3:23
5
Fiddler's Dream / Yallow Gal / Green Corn
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3:12
6
Bring Me Lil Water Silvy / Julia Ann Johnson / Line 'Em / Whoa Back Buck
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3:56
7
Roberta
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3:08
8
Bill Brady
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3:07
9
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
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3:03
10
Yellow Gal
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3:07
11
When the Boys Were Out On the Western Plains
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2:58
12
Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard
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2:47
13
In New Orleans
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3:17
14
John Hardy
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3:14
15
I've a Pretty Flowers
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2:27
16
Don't Lie Buddy
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2:23
17
How Do You Know / Don't Mind the Weather
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2:18
18
(What Are) Little Boys (Made Of) / Let Me Hold Your Hand (All for You) / Polly W
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2:20
19
Skip to My Lou / Christmas Day (It's Almost Day)
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2:03
20
Little Sally Walker / Ha Ha Thisaway / Red Bird
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2:38
21
Outskirts of Town
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2:42
22
Red River / Black Girl (In the Pines) / Don't Miss Your Water Blues
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4:16
23
Blind Lemon (Memorial Record)
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1:27
24
Leadbelly's Dance
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0:54
25
Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
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2:34
26
Mo' Yet / (Little Boy) How Old Are You / There's a Limb On the Tree (Green Grass
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2:51