Josh White: When I Lay Down and Die, Do Die (1956)

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Channel: davidhertzberg · 2010 · Music

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Josh White (1914 - 1969) sings "When I Lay Down and Die, Do Die."  I created this video from the LP, "The Josh White Stories, Volume 1," issued on the ABC-Paramount label in 1958, serial number ABC-124.

You can read about this remarkable artist -- billed as "The Father of American Folk Music" -- here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_White

and here:

http://www.joshwhitejr.com/biojwsr.html
"David Hertzberg"

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